a slogan refering to globalization popularised by Margaret Thatcher; means that the market economy is the only system that works, and that debate about this is over
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Ideological struggle gave way to the TINA ('there is no alternative') principle, and the foundations for a technocratisation of politics had been laid.
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Ideological struggle gave way to the TINA ('there is no alternative') principle, and the foundations for a technocratisation of politics had been laid.
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inveigh
(en)
(verb) to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently; rail
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three leaders inveighed bitterly against the parliamentary system: Lenin, Mussolini and Hitler.
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three leaders inveighed bitterly against the parliamentary system: Lenin, Mussolini and Hitler.
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Paris Commune
(en)
a radical socialist and revolutionary government that ruled Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871. Following the defeat of Emperor Napoleon III in September 1870, the French Second Empire collapsed, and the French Third Republic rose up in its place (initially intended as a provisional government but it ended up lasting until 1940) to continue the war with Prussia, which resulted in a 4-month-long siege of Paris (ending Jan 28), which laid the groundwork for the Commune
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For the development of his alternative he took inspiration from the Paris Commune of 1871 (the source of the word 'communism')
on Lenin. did not know the etymology of communism
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For the development of his alternative he took inspiration from the Paris Commune of 1871 (the source of the word 'communism')
on Lenin. did not know the etymology of communism
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Habermasian
(en)
referring to Frankfurt School sociologist and philosopher Jürgen Habermas, best known for his theories on communicative rationality and the public sphere
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over the course of the centuries a 'public sphere' emerged, to borrow a phrase and a theory from German sociologist Jürgen Habermas
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over the course of the centuries a 'public sphere' emerged, to borrow a phrase and a theory from German sociologist Jürgen Habermas
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neoliberalism
(en)
the postulate that markets are organised most effectively by private enterprise and that the private pursuit of accumulation will generate the most common good; accomplished by opening international markets and financial networks, and downsizing the welfare state
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The equilibrium came to an end as a result of neoliberal thinking, which reshaped public space radically in the 1980s and 1990s. Not civil society but the free market was now the main architect and this applied to countless domains of public life, especially the media.
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The equilibrium came to an end as a result of neoliberal thinking, which reshaped public space radically in the 1980s and 1990s. Not civil society but the free market was now the main architect and this applied to countless domains of public life, especially the media.
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aleatory
(en)
(adjective) depending on an uncertain event or contingency as to both profit and loss / (adjective) relating to luck and especially to bad luck
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Because representation of the people was brought about by the drawing of lots, we might speak of an aleatoric-representative democracy (from the Latin for dice)
in Athens
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Because representation of the people was brought about by the drawing of lots, we might speak of an aleatoric-representative democracy (from the Latin for dice)
in Athens
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desuetude
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(noun) discontinuance from use or exercise; disuse
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With the demise of Athenian democracy, it fell into desuetude, then oblivion
quoting James Fishkin (guy who introduces deliberative democracy bodies in various countries)
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With the demise of Athenian democracy, it fell into desuetude, then oblivion
quoting James Fishkin (guy who introduces deliberative democracy bodies in various countries)
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