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Human Nature vs. Democracy

A case for ethics and evidence in politics

By: Ludwig M. Auer

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Human Nature vs. Democracy

A case for ethics and evidence in politics

By: Ludwig M. Auer

Modern liberal democracy is praised in a universalistic Western view as the best political system and a quasi-prerequisite for full acceptance by the community of traditional hegemonial States. However, democracy is fully developed in only less than five percent of States globally, and in decline in most Western countries. In this book, democracy is presented as a political system in danger due to its intrinsic flaws and tendency to self-destruction. The major flaw is that “human nature” is not adequately considered in democracy’s conception: its citizens, “We, the people”, as individuals and as crowds, are liberated into a dangerous ideology prioritizing “freedom from society” over “membership in society” and thereby causing decline in libertinism, hedonism and polarization in divided and finally broken societies. Proposals to resolve the rapidly growing crisis include education of citizens into the ethics of reciprocal altruism, grounded in evidence from biological sciences and humanities, professionalization of politics, and a fundamental change of politics towards evidence-based decision-making, thus ending politicking, politicians' personality affairs, and the cold war of political parties, the representative of class warfare in the sheep-skin of “interest-group pluralism”. The author uses his background in human biology and psychology to discuss the relevance of philosophical and politological issues around democracy raised in past and recent literature, and to highlight the prospects of using scientific knowledge for evidence-based socialization of the "human factor".

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3752887516

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9783752887518

The Pathogenesis of Hypertensive Encephalopathy

Experimental Data and Their Clinical Relevance With Special Reference to Neurosurgical Patients

By: Ludwig M. Auer

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The Pathogenesis of Hypertensive Encephalopathy

Experimental Data and Their Clinical Relevance With Special Reference to Neurosurgical Patients

By: Ludwig M. Auer

This monograph aims to provide a survey of recent research on the pathogenesis of hypertensive encephalopathy. Or, in other words, to relate experimental results directly to a clinical problem. I am convinced that a very important task of experimental medical research is to find applications to the relevant clinical problem as soon as possible, and to avoid distraction by an increasingly over whelming accumulation of new information from all fields of scientific work. This is undoubtedly easier for a clinician than for a scientist who is only concerned with fundamental research; success ful research for clinical medicine thus requires that clinicians and scientific specialists in the theoretical medical branches cooperate with each other. To fulfill this aim the clinician must be able to think in pathophysiological terms to a considerable extent, which will scarcely be possible if he is involved in routine clinical medicine alone. Experimental work thus presents a real challenge to the physician who wishes to solve a medical problem and also possesses scientific curiosity. Besides an answer to his question, he has the opportunity to obtain a real feeling for what he has learned to call "physiologi cal". I hope with my own experimental work to provide a convincing example of how such work may serve as an impressive reminder to the clinician of the possibly grave consequences of underestimating a development in the course of a serious illness, for instance a hyper tensive episode following head injury.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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370918522X

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9783709185223

Intraoperative Ultrasound Imaging in Neurosurgery

Comparison with CT and MRI

By: Ludwig M. Auer,Vera Van Velthoven

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Intraoperative Ultrasound Imaging in Neurosurgery

Comparison with CT and MRI

By: Ludwig M. Auer,Vera Van Velthoven

Intraoperative ultrasound is the first and, at present, only direct method available for depicting cerebral structures during neurosurgery. This atlas is a practical introduction to intraoperative ultrasound in neurosurgery and a guide to anatomy and pathomorphological diagnosis. A short introduction to the technical basis of ultrasound is given first. It is followed by instructions for practical application of the method in the operating theater. The next, comprehensive chapter presents various intracranial pathomorphological changes in the ultrasound picture and compares them to the familiar computer tomography and MRI images. A separate chapter deals with individual aspects of actual application during neurosurgical operations: ultrasound biopsy, puncture and endoscopy. This volume is an excellent source of information for the practical application of intraoperative ultrasound.

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3642740456

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Book's by Ludwig M. Auer

Human Nature vs. Democracy

Human Nature vs. Democracy

The Pathogenesis of Hypertensive Encephalopathy

The Pathogenesis of Hypertensive Encephalopathy

Intraoperative Ultrasound Imaging in Neurosurgery

Intraoperative Ultrasound Imaging in Neurosurgery

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