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Touching the Sun

Touching the Sun

Ali R. Rahimi

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Indy Pub
Año de edición:
2025
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Política y gobierno
ISBN:
9798349275395
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In Touching the Sun, Dr. Ali R. Rahimi delivers a compelling exploration of democracy’s long, embattled journey from the city-states of ancient Mesopotamia and Athens to the fraught political arenas of modern America. With clarity and conviction, this book maps the forces that erode freedom-autocracy, populism, misinformation, economic inequality-and offers a passionate, actionable defense of democratic values.Drawing on historical analysis, contemporary case studies, and the author’s personal insight as a human rights advocate, this work illuminates the hidden architecture of power that threatens civic life. Yet it is also a beacon of hope, revealing how cities, civil society, and everyday citizens can be powerful agents of democratic renewal.Touching the Sun is a rallying cry for those who believe democracy is worth defending-and who understand that the greatest revolutions begin not in capitals, but in communities.

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