Dictatorship as Experience Sal RestivoA decade after the collapse of communism, this volume presents a historical reflection on the perplexing nature of the East German dictatorship. In contrast to most political rhetoric, it seeks to establish a middle ground between totalitarianism theory, stressing the repressive features of the SED regime, and apologetics of the socialist experiment, emphasizing the normality of daily lives. The book transcends the polarization of public debate by
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Determined to prove that beauty is an aspect of reality separate from truth and goodness
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This 3-volume reference work tracks the history of the Caliphate as what many Muslims believe to be a genuine and authentic Islamic political institution: from its emergence in 7th-century Arabia until highly contested and controversial attempts at its revival at the beginning of the 21st-century by radical Islamists in Afghanistan and Iraq
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The appendix contains an annotated translation of selected portions of Udayana's masterpiece
Fear spreads throughout the city as rumors abound that a serial killer is on the loose
Investments in drainage in irrigated agriculture are lagging well behind investments in irrigation
This infinity makes sovereignty endlessly disruptive and thus potentially infinitely violent
Bethune wanted to be an architect from childhood
This chapter will describe and discuss various soil erosion by water processes
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