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Tag Archives: hannah arendt
“A Means of State Control” (Part Two)
In the first part of this post I dismantled the consensus definition of propaganda, arguing that in part and in total “propaganda” is indistinguishable from any other form of political expression. The only obvious distinguishing aspect between the two definitions … Continue reading
Plenums and Power (Power v. Force III)
The past two weeks have been astounding to witness in Ukraine and Bosnia- Herzegovina. While I haven’t been able to follow quite as intimately what has happened in Ukraine, media reporting from that country has been very good. In Bosnia … Continue reading
Posted in North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Politics and Political Theory, The Former Yugoslavia
Tagged Arab Spring, Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Communism, current-events, EU, European Union, force, hannah arendt, NATO, nature of politics, politics, repressive regimes, transitional justice, Ukraine, western political philosophy, Yugoslavia
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American Republic, Now Available from Amazon
I’m pleased to announce that my book, American Republic: Essays on the Nature of Politics, is now available in Kindle and paperback from Amazon.com. American Republic includes the original book, plus three essays that first appeared on this site: “The Plastics and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Politics and Political Theory
Tagged aesthetics and politics, Books, Carl Schmitt, Communism, george orwell, hannah arendt, language, literature, nature of politics, political faith, political language, politics, religion, repressive regimes, totalitarian regimes, western political philosophy
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An Assault on Joseph Nye, Part Two: “Power and Violence are Opposites”
In a previous discussion, I attacked Joseph Nye’s “soft power/hard power” theory at the level of language, effectively calling his terms unclear and mealy-mouthed substitutes for clearer, more precise terms we can use like force and coercion, sanctions or diplomacy. Nye … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Politics and Political Theory, Public Diplomacy
Tagged Arab Spring, Books, civil rights movement, faith groups, force, hannah arendt, hard power, international relations theory, Joseph Nye, nature of politics, politics, Public Diplomacy, roman catholic church, Serbia, Slobodan Milosevic, soft power, Solidarity, terrorism, western political philosophy, Yugoslavia
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The Problem of Propaganda
Last week, the Vietnamese government sentenced two musicians on the charge of “anti-state propaganda,” apparently the first case in recent memory that Hanoi imprisoned artists under the charge. But within the month the government put on trial three writers on the same charge of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Politics and Political Theory, Public Diplomacy
Tagged aesthetics and politics, Communism, freedom of expression, hannah arendt, Hoang Nhat Thong and Viet Khang, human-rights, nature of politics, Nazi, propaganda, Public Diplomacy, repressive regimes, strategic communications, totalitarian regimes, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Vietnam, western political philosophy
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In Syria, Power vs. Force
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has been a vociferous advocate for action against the Syrian regime’s brutality against its opposition, as his recent interview with French national television amply demonstrates. To his credit, McCain has been a consistent voice for measured, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Politics and Political Theory
Tagged bashar al assad, Books, Bosnia, force, hannah arendt, libya, middle-east, NATO, nature of politics, O2P, Obligation to Protect, politics, power, repressive regimes, Rwanda, sen john mccain, totalitarian regimes, warfare, western political philosophy
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Who Really Loses if Iran Gets the Bomb
Unequivocal statements by President Barack Obama and visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron today about Iranian nuclear ambitions leave small doubt about the perilous path facing the West. The President was right to chide more hawkish supporters of military action … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Political Theory
Tagged doom sayers, hannah arendt, Iran, iranian nuclear ambitions, middle-east, politics
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Hannah Arendt and the Meaning of Politics
I have worked in politics at virtually every level — local, state, federal and international — for nearly my entire career. For much of my adult life I have been unable to shake the intuition that the common conception of … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, The Former Yugoslavia
Tagged hannah arendt, western political philosophy
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