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Democracy STRUGGLES!

Why Democracy is Worth Saving, and Why it May Not Save Itself

By: Joseph Panzica

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Democracy STRUGGLES!

Why Democracy is Worth Saving, and Why it May Not Save Itself

By: Joseph Panzica

# Democracy? * A tantalizing myth? * A relentless scourge? * Or a driving force in an ongoing and uncertain "*humanity project*"? *********** ##Slogans and oversimplifications are for cranks, pranksters, bullies, and tyrants. Democracy should never be overly romanticized. To do so is to trivialize it. For each of democracy's momentous victories, there are countless minor setbacks and *frequent* catastrophic defeats. So much of democracy's work is thankless, tedious, and frustrating. And the idea of ***inevitable progress*** may be nothing other than a cruelly back slashing double-edged myth. Democracy only thrives when it is scrutinized critically. "*The price of freedom is ...*" Still, there is something in the human spirit that resists domination and exploitation. The question is whether this *something* is stronger than the will to dominate and exploit--and whether it is stronger than despair. ******************* ##The enemies of democracy are many. Mostly they can be summed up in the impulse to dominate and exploit. But democracy is also threatened by *our own* complacency and whatever tendency we have toward despair. " ... *eternal vigilance*!" Democracy is the exercise of self-control of a people over itself. In one hopeful view, democracy is a force working to advance human civilization. It works both in tandem with and in opposition to the necessity to concentrate great wealth for purposes of investment and display. It works both in tandem and in opposition to the necessity of countering irresponsible or abusive wealth and power. *************** ##The history of human civilization may be understood as a project by which our species is domesticating itself. * Are we breeding ourselves to become a sullen servile mass destined to be exploited by a tiny elite? * Or are we painfully *culturing* self-improving communities based on hope, equality, freedom, and compassion? * And what can we do, if anything, to influence our crucial fate? Any answers lie not *just* in ourselves. They are in our histories, our cultures, our potentials, and our shared imaginings--with all their **terrors** and ***hopes***. *************** **Democracy** and **"The Rule of Law"** are inseparable, if often antagonistic, collaborative forces in our cultural evolution -- *wherever* we are leading ourselves.

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192

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Scribl

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1633484491

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9781633484498

The English dialect dictionary

By: Joseph Wright

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The English dialect dictionary

By: Joseph Wright

The English dialect dictionary, being the complete vocabulary of all dialect words still in use, or known to have been in use during the last two hundred years. Volume 6, T-Z.

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603

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Рипол Классик

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5880949788

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9785880949786

Savoring

A New Model of Positive Experience

By: Fred B. Bryant,Joseph Veroff

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Savoring

A New Model of Positive Experience

By: Fred B. Bryant,Joseph Veroff

This book is about savoring life—the capacity to attend to the joys, pleasures, and other positive feelings that we experience in our lives. The authors enhance our understanding of what savoring is and the conditions under which it occurs. Savoring provides a new theoretical model for conceptualizing and understanding the psychology of enjoyment and the processes through which people manage positive emotions. The authors review their quantitative research on savoring, as well as the research of others, and provide measurement instruments with scoring instructions for assessing and studying savoring. Authors Bryant and Veroff outline the necessary preconditions that must exist for savoring to occur and distinguish savoring from related concepts such as coping, pleasure, positive affect, emotional intelligence, flow, and meditation. The book’s lifespan perspective includes a conceptual analysis of the role of time in savoring. Savoring is also considered in relation to human concerns, such as love, friendship, physical and mental health, creativity, and spirituality. Strategies and hands-on exercises that people can use to enhance savoring in their lives are provided, along with a review of factors that enhance savoring. Savoring is intended for researchers, students, and practitioners interested in positive psychology from the fields of social, clinical, health, and personality psychology and related disciplines. The book may serve as a supplemental text in courses on positive psychology, emotion and motivation, and other related topics. The chapters on enhancing savoring will be especially attractive to clinicians and counselors interested in intervention strategies for positive psychological adjustment.

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312

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Psychology Press

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1351550055

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The Shades of the Wilderness

By: Joseph A. Altsheler

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The Shades of the Wilderness

By: Joseph A. Altsheler

Reproduction of the original: The Shades of the Wilderness by Joseph A. Altsheler

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218

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3734067448

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9783734067440

Big Book of Best Short Stories: Volume 4

By: James Joyce,Leo Tolstoy,Nikolai Gogol,Anton Chekhov,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Maxim Gorky,Leonid Andreyev,Ivan Turgenev,Joseph Conrad,Aleksander Pushkin

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Big Book of Best Short Stories: Volume 4

By: James Joyce,Leo Tolstoy,Nikolai Gogol,Anton Chekhov,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Maxim Gorky,Leonid Andreyev,Ivan Turgenev,Joseph Conrad,Aleksander Pushkin

This book contains 70 short stories from 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: - Nikolai GogolThe Nose The Viy The Cloak Old-Fashioned Farmers The Overcoat Memoirs of a Madman The Mysterious Portrait - Anton Chekhov The Lady With The Little Dog Ward No. 6 A Joke The Darling Kashtanka The Black Monk In The Ravine - Joseph ConradThe Idiots An Outpost of Progress Amy Foster Youth An Anarchist The Secret Sharer The Return - Leonid AndreyevLazarus On The Day of Crucifixion The Crushed Flower The Serpent's Story JUdas Iscariot The Little Angel A Story Wich Will Never Be Finished - James Joyce The Sisters Eveline Araby A Painful Case The Dead Two Gallants After the Race - Fyodor Dostoevsky White Nights An Honest Thief The Christmas Tree and the Wedding Notes From Underground The Dream of a Ridiculous Man A Little Hero Mr. Prohartchin - Alexander PushkinThe Queen of Spades The Shot The Snowstorm The Postmaster The Coffin-maker Kirdjali Peter, The Great's Negro - Turgenev'sA Desperate Character Knock, Knock, Knock A Strange Story The Dog The District Doctor The Inn Mumu - Alexei PeshkovOne Autumn Night Twenty Six Men and a Girl The Dead Man Waiting for the Ferry The Billionaire The Birth of a Man - Leo Tolstoy God Sees the Truth, But Waits Papa Panov's Special Christmas Three Questions Work, Death and Sickness – A Legend How Much Land Does a Man Needs? The Death of Ivan Ilyich Alyosha the Pot

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1747

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Tacet Books

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8577770443

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9788577770441

History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; In Six Volumes

Volume 4 - in large print

By: Joseph Smith

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History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; In Six Volumes

Volume 4 - in large print

By: Joseph Smith

Reproduction of the original.

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336837401X

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9783368374013

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Democracy STRUGGLES!

Democracy STRUGGLES!

The English dialect dictionary

The English dialect dictionary

Savoring

Savoring

The Shades of the Wilderness

The Shades of the Wilderness

Big Book of Best Short Stories: Volume 4

Big Book of Best Short Stories: Volume 4

History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; In Six Volumes

History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; In Six Volumes

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