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Confronting Leviathan - A History of Ideas by David Runciman
39.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Based on the History Of Ideas podcast series by Talking Politics host David Runciman, A History of Ideas explores some of the most important thinkers and prominent ideas lying behind modern politics - from Hobbes to Gandhi, from democracy to patriarchy, and from revolution to lock down. While explaining ...Show more
Confronting Leviathan: A History of Ideas by David Runciman
22.99 AUD
Category: History
A primer on political theory from bestselling author and host of Talking Politics David Runciman. 'Bracingly intelligent ... a wonderful read' - Guardian 'Incredibly timely ... presented [with] wonderful elegance and clarity' - Irish Times Based on the History Of Ideas podcast series by Talking Politics ...Show more
How Democracy Ends by David Runciman
24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
'Scintillating ... thought-provoking ... one of the very best of the great crop of recent books on the subject.' Andrew Rawnsley, ObserverDemocracy has died hundreds of times, all over the world. We think we know what that looks like: chaos descends and the military arrives to restore order, until the p ...Show more
The Handover by David Runciman
34.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Ideas
Does it matter if we are ceding power to AI? Especially if we have been there before. 'The Singularity' is what Silicon Valley calls the idea that, eventually, we will be overrun by machines that are able to take decisions and act for themselves. What no one says is that it happened before. A few hundr ...Show more
The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution by David Runciman
36.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Ideas
What is the history of ideas - and how has it shaped our world today? In this bold new follow-up to Confronting Leviathan, David Runciman unmasks modern politics and reveals the great men and women of ideas behind it. What can Samuel Butler's ideas teach us about the oddity of how we choose to organise ...Show more
Where Power Stops - The Making and Unmaking of Presidents and Prime Ministers by David Runciman
22.99 AUD
Category: Politics
David Runciman grapples with how character defines and limits the holders of the highest offices in the UK and America.
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