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The Myth of Real Democracy and Other Myths of Modernity.

The Myth of Real Democracy and Other Myths of Modernity.

The Myth of Real Democracy and Other Myths of Modernity.

Brian V. Peck / Brian VPeck

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AuthorHouse UK
Año de edición:
2011
Materia
Humor
ISBN:
9781456788810
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One of the most savage critiques of Modernity ever written on so-called Democracy (in its many forms), Meritocracy, What is Truth - Fact or Fiction, the Mass Media and Individualism.Meaning in essence that Socrates famous axiom is as relevant today as it was in the past, which was according to Plato: ’that the unexamined life is not worth living’.

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