Tyrants: a history of power, injustice, and terror
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Cambridge University Press
2016
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | vii, 254 Seiten |
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Preface page v
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: The Strange Career of Tyranny i
The Three Faces of Tyranny 3
The Ancient and Modern Understandings of Tyranny 5
Tyrants in Waiting: Terrorism and the Righteous Anger
of Young Men 8
The Beautification of Violence 12
The Challenge of Tyranny in Today s World 13
Part One: The Rage of Achilles: From Homeric Heroes to
Lord and God of the World 18
Homeric Kings and Heroes 21
Kings of the World: Universal Monarchy 2.7
Tyranny or Republic? The Emergence of the West 3 5
The Greatest Republic 54
The Universal Landlord: From Republic to Empire 61
Part Two: City of God or City of Man? The Tyrant as
Modem State Builder 71
The Fall of the West 78
Feudal Monarchy and the Great Chain of Being 83
God s Shadow on Earth: The Ottoman Caliphate 87
Princes and Peoples: The Rebirth of the West 94
By God and My Right: Those Fascinating Tudors 101
The Tyrant as State Builder Lives On: Benevolent Despotism 119
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IV
Contents
Part Three: The Eagles Will Drop Dead from the Skies:
Millenarian Tyranny from Robespierre to A1 Qaeda 133
The Natural Condition of Man: Rousseau s Murderous Dream 136
Robespierre and the Algebra of Mass Murder 140
The Hallmarks of Millenarian Tyranny 143
The Time of the Great Noon: Millenarian Revolution
Goes Underground 152.
No Second Thermidor: Millenarian Tyranny Returns 161
The Number-One Leninist 165
The National Socialist World Blessing 170
The Führer 177
From National Socialism to Third-World Socialism to
the International Jihad 187
The Tyrannical Personality 191
Millenarian Tyranny Today 195
A Worldwide Caliphate: Jihadism’s Utopian Vision 199
The Nuclear Republic of God 201
Terrorism Is a Means to an End: Revolutionary Utopia 208
Conclusion: How Democracy Can Win 211
All Aboard for the Tyranny Tour 211
Vladimir Putin: Reformer and Kleptocrat with a Dash
of the Millenarian 213
The Tour Continues: Democracy and the Tyrannical Temptation 217
What Should the West Do? 221
The Frontiers of Twenty-First Century Revolution 226
A Homeopathic Cure for the Tyrannical Temptation 229
Reading for Further Interest 23 3
Index 241
Tyrants: A History of Power,
Injustice Terror
The forces of freedom are challenged
everywhere by a newly energized
spirit of tyranny, whether it is Jihad-
ist terrorism, Putin’s imperialism, or
the ambitions of China’s dictatorship,
writes Waller Newell in this engag-
ing exposé of a thousand dangers. We
will see why tyranny is a permanent
threat by following its strange career
from Homeric Bronze Age warriors,
through the empires of Alexander
the Great and Rome, to the medieval
struggle between the City of God
and the City of Man, leading to the
state-building despots of the Modern
Age including the Tudors and “en-
lightened despots” such as Peter the
Great. The book explores the psychol-
ogy of tyranny from Nero to Gaddafi,
and how it changes with the Jacobin
Terror into millenarian revolution.
Stimulating and enlightening, Tyrants:
A History of Power, Injustice Terror
will appeal to anyone interested in the
danger posed by tyranny and terror
in today’s world.
Waller R. Newell is Professor of
Political Science and Philosophy at
Carleton University, where he helped
found the College of the Humanities,
Canada’s only four-year degree in the
Great Books. He has held a National
Endowment for the Humanities
Fellowship for University Teachers
and a Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars Fellowship. His
books include Tyranny: A New Interpre-
tation (Cambridge University Press);
The Soul of a Leader: Character, Convic-
tion and Ten Lessons in Political Greatness,
and The Code of Man: Love, Courage,
Pride, Family, Country.
Jacket image: Julius Caesar. Copyright © VPC
Travel Photo / Alamy Stock Photo
Jacket design by James F. Brisson
Printed in the United States of America
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