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12-04-2017, 02:15 PM | #1 |
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Free (DRM-free) Statens idéhistorie [Danish Academic Political Theory & Idea History]
Statens idéhistorie: Magt, vold og politik (History of Ideas of the State: Power, violence, and politics) by Mikkel Thorup (faculty profile), a professor in the School of Culture and Society at Aarhus University, is his academic book about the history of political ideas related to the modern state, focusing on the subtitular trifecta of posited core threads in the formation of states and their enduring influence and results of their application, free for a limited time courtesy of Aarhus University Press in Denmark.
This is their featured Danish-language Free Book of the Month selection for December. Currently free through December directly @ the university's dedicated promo page (DRM-free PDF available worldwide in return for your valid email address, approx 2 mb), and you can read more about the book on its regular catalogue page Beskrivelse på dansk Næsten 200. Så mange stater er der i verden. Der er mange slags - lige fra velfærdsstater til fejlslagne stater og diktaturer. Men fælles for alle stater er, at deres historie, tilblivelse og udvikling kan opsummeres af tre små ord: magt, vold og politik. De tre ord udgør kernen i enhver stat. For staten vil bestemme, hvordan vi skal opføre os. Den straffer os, hvis vi bryder dens love, og den påstår endda, at dens beslutninger er i fællesskabets interesse. Staten strækker sin tilstedeværelse lige til grænsen og ud i enhver pore af vort sociale liv, samtidig med at den kun kan eksistere, hvis vi tror på den. På den måde er staten blevet vor tids Gud. Allestedsnærværende, men alligevel fjern og fiktiv. Statens idéhistorie. Magt, vold og politik viser tankerne om staten og dens tre uundværlige grundstoffer. Og den trækker en rød tråd gennem en række afgørende fokuspunkter i dens lange og komplekse idéhistorie. For bag borgerkrige og koncentrationslejre, hackere og pirater, liberalisme og konservatisme gemmer der sig altid en kamp for eller imod statens totalitære herredømme. |
12-31-2017, 01:58 AM | #2 |
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Just a reminder that this might be the last day (maybe an extra day for the New Year's holiday) to pick up the freebie, if you're interested.
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