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The New Despotism

John Keane

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ISBN 9780674660069

Publication Date: 05/12/2020

320 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

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Dark Times, Again
Wealth, Money, Power
A Phantom People
Media Power
Velvet Fists
Why Despotism?
Democracy’s Future
Further Reading
Notes
Index

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On ABC Radio National’s Late Night Live, listen to John Keane make the case that the “new despotisms” currently spreading the globe defy standard definitions of democracy and authoritarianism
On ABC Radio National’s The Philosopher’s Zone, listen to Professor Keane discuss despotism from Montesquieu’s era to today
On the Australian radio program Uncommon Sense, listen to Keane discuss the anti-democratic practices of despotic governments sweeping the world
At the National Endowment for Democracy blog Democracy Digest, read Keane’s warning against underestimating the resilience of “smart new despotisms”
At a June 2020 online event hosted by The RSA in London, watch Keane reflect on the anti-democratic trend he observes taking hold across the world
At a May 2020 online event hosted by the Center for Advanced Studies of Southeastern Europe at the University of Rijeka, Croatia, watch Keane analyze and connect the antidemocratic and illiberal developments seemingly scattered through our geopolitical reality
Read an interview with Keane at Sirp (in Estonian)
Read Keane’s essay “La Democrazia e la Grande Pestilenza” (in Italian) / “La Democracia y la Gran Pestilencia” (in Spanish) at L’Espresso or Letras Libres, respectively

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