02840nam 22005413u 450 991045812280332120210114074026.01-134-37881-51-283-96374-4(CKB)1000000000401970(EBL)200369(OCoLC)437060415(MiAaPQ)EBC200369(EXLCZ)99100000000040197020130418d2013|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Paths to Democracy[electronic resource] Revolution and TotalitarianismHoboken Taylor and Francis20131 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-31473-9 Cover; Paths to Democracy Revolution and totalitarianism; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: Democracy: method and theses; 1. On method: comparative historical analysis and politics; 2. Democracy and empirical political theory: from the present to the past; 3. Revolutions and ideas of democracy: from the past towards the present; Part II: Revolution: chance for democracy; 4. Revolution and the long path to democracy in France; 5. Revolution and the failure of democracy in Russia and Germany; Part III: Totalitarianism: antithesis of democracy6. The rise of totalitarian regimes: contrasting France7. Totalitarian regime: Nazi Germany; 8. Totalitarian regime: Stalin's Soviet Union; Part IV: Democracy as synthesis; 9. Federal Germany: re-tracing a path to democracy; 10. Communism and its collapse: East Germany and the Russian Federation; Part V: Conclusion: lessons for democracy; 11. The struggle for modern democracy; Notes; Bibliography; IndexHow and why countries become democracies remain intriguing questions. This innovative volume provides a theoretically informed comparative investigation of the links between revolutions, totalitarianism and democracy. It will appeal to those interested in the relationship between history and democracy and the implications for the understanding of democracy today.Democracy - HistoryDemocracyRevolutionRevolutions - HistoryTotalitarianism - HistoryTotalitarianism - HistoryElectronic books.Democracy - History.Democracy.Revolution.Revolutions - History.Totalitarianism - History.Totalitarianism - History.321.8321.8/094O'Kane Rosemary H. T935632AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910458122803321Paths to Democracy2107568UNINA01111nam a2200265 i 450099100000291970753620020503105436.0010719s1997 it ||| | ita 8843587064b10002959-39ule_instLE01988405ExLDip.to Beni Arti e StoriaitaSpinosa, Nicola35543Genio e passione :la pittura a Napoli da Battistello Caracciolo a Laura Giordano e le relazioni con la Sicilia /a cura di Nicola Spinosa e Vincenzo AbbateNapoli :Electa Napoli,1997175 p. :ill. ;24 cm.Catalogo della mostra tenuta a Palermo, Chiesa di San Giorgio dei genovesi, 7 novembre 1997 - 18 gennaio 1998NapoliPitturaSec. 17.Abbate, Vincenzo.b1000295921-09-0629-05-02991000002919707536LE019 A11 AR D 3612019000001090le019-E0.00-l- 01010.i1000390329-05-02Genio e passione176535UNISALENTOle01901-01-01ma -itait 0103308nam 22006611 450 991078490390332120110902143754.01-4725-9880-61-282-70993-397866127099370-8264-4110-610.5040/9781472598806(CKB)2670000000035850(EBL)564298(OCoLC)813220674(SSID)ssj0000414927(PQKBManifestationID)12147852(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414927(PQKBWorkID)10409764(PQKB)10628120(MiAaPQ)EBC564298(Au-PeEL)EBL564298(CaPaEBR)ebr10404925(CaONFJC)MIL270993(OCoLC)893334973(OCoLC)654375582(UtOrBLW) 95020560(UtOrBLW) 95020560(UtOrBLW) 95020560 (EXLCZ)99267000000003585020150116d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCopernicus and his successors /Edward RosenLondon ;Rio Grande :Hambledon Press,1995.1 online resource (255 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-85285-071-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Aristarchus of Samos and Copernicus; 2 Was Copernicus a Pythagorean?; 3 Copernicus' Quotation from Sophocles; 4 The Alfonsine Table and Copernicus: (with the Assistance of Erna Hilf stein); 5 Copernicus and Al-Bitruji; 6 Copernicus' Alleged Priesthood; 7 Copernicus was not a 'Happy Notary': (with the Assistance of Erna Hilf stein); 8 Copernicus' Attitude toward the Common People; 9 Copernicus' Earliest Astronomical Treatise (with Erna Hilfstein); 10 Copernicus on the Phases and the Light of the Planets; 11 Copernicus' Axioms12 When did Copernicus Write the Revolutions?13 Copernicus' Spheres and Epicycles; 14 Copernicus and his Relation to Italian Science; 15 Nicholas Copernicus and Giorgio Valla; 16 Was Copernicus' Revolutions Approved by the Pope; 17 Calvin's Attitude towards Copernicus; 18 The First Map to Show the Earth in Rotation; 19 Galileo the Copernican; 20 Galileo's Misstatements about Copernicus; 21 Was Copernicus' Revolutions Annotated by Tycho Brahe?; 22 Kepler and the Lutheran Attitude towards Copernicus; Index"The essays in Copernirus and his Successors deal both with the influences on Copernicus, including that of Greek and Arabic thinkers, and with his own life and attitudes. They also examine how he was seen by contemporaries and finally describe his relationship to other scientists, including Galileo, Brahe and Kepler."--Bloomsbury Publishing.AstronomersPolandBiographyAstronomy, MedievalGeneral & world historyAstronomersBiography.Astronomy, Medieval.520/.92Rosen Edward1906-45912UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910784903903321Copernicus and his successors3752957UNINA