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The Political Optimist
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Author : Keith Kelsch
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2016-02-13
The Political Optimist written by Keith Kelsch and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-13 with Business & Economics categories.
A political optimist imposes confidence from an elitist distance. They are outside consultants telling you have to handle an inside crisis. They look and sound close, but in truth, their heart is far from you. They speak of their capital success without any attempt to understand your concerned mind. Written for those who struggle with political people, you will love The Political Optimist. It promotes the safeguards of "being real" as a counter measure to "being political." It teaches how to stand to be corrected while still questioning authority. If you want to know the difference between political people and genuine optimists, this book with help. It teaches that the genuine optimist desires common consent while the political optimist wants central control. Because we use majority rule, political personalities easily destroy individual liberty and the voice of dissent. If you are stuck in a political situation at work or if you are struggling with political people, this book is a must read.
The Political Optimist
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Author : Keith Kelsch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-05-30
The Political Optimist written by Keith Kelsch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-30 with categories.
A political optimist imposes confidence from an elitist distance. They are outside consultants telling you how to handle an inside crisis. They look and sound close, but in truth, their heart is far from you. They charge the air with their capital success without any attempt to understand your concerned mind. In a way, greater success separates the political person from the responsibility of genuine optimism.Today we use the distance of success to magically detach us from the burdens and disagreements others carry. This is opposite the genuine leader who carries those burdens and openly stands to be questioned. At every turn, political optimists produce top-down, centrally controlled organizations with no access to rise against their authority. This model places leadership at a greater distance from a genuine democracy of dissent.If you want to understand the political nature of false optimism that creates division and separation in your institutions, and if you want to get practical solutions for removing politics from your organization, your family, and even your government, then read The Political Optimists. If there is one thing this book will do, it will ignite a long overdue discussion about democracy and its tendency to spawn more centralized control and more idolatry for authority. The solution to a political world is nothing new but something lost. The political Optimist highlights our lost humanity for optimism and calls for a return to the sanity of common consent.
Hope
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Author : Simon Wortham
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-11-14
Hope written by Simon Wortham and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-14 with Philosophy categories.
A colourful map of the current conflict between pessimism and optimism in Western politics and theory, Hope attempts to reveal both the deep history and contemporary necessity of political hopefulness. Starting in the 17th century with Spinoza, Wortham tells the story of the various fallacies and insights of pessimism and optimism through the 18th century with the help of Kant and Voltaire through to the famously nihilistic writings of Nietzsche and the 20th century works of thinkers such as Benjamin, Arendt, Kristeva and Fanon (to name but a few). He explores the contemporary significance of ideas such as affirmation, sovereignty, violence, therapy, existentialism and, of course, the oft maligned notion of 'hopefulness' to create a politics of optimism which avoids the pitfalls of uncritical acceptance of the status quo or the newest political idea. Short chapters written in an engaging narrative manner enable the reader to follow the story of political optimism over the last 4 centuries inspiring a new way of thinking about the transformative uses of hopefulness.
Optimism In Politics
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Author : Walter Laqueur
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-12-02
Optimism In Politics written by Walter Laqueur and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-02 with Political Science categories.
"This new collection by Walter Laqueur, one of the most distinguished historians and political commentators of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, vividly brings to life his perspective on fifty years of political life. The essays in this volume deal with events ranging from more than seventy years ago to some that have not yet happened, but may in years to come. Laqueur divides his writings into five main areas: optimism in politics, the topic that unites this volume; Europe; the Arab Spring; Israel and Jewish affairs; and recollections of the past.This volume addresses an increasingly important question: How much optimism do we need in politics? Some neuroscientists believe that many of our assessments rest on an excess of optimism amounting to a dangerous bias. Another school of cognitive scientists sees the main danger in being influenced too much by negative conclusions. Although these competing perspectives have been only rarely investigated, Laqueur argues that such psychological factors play a decisive role in the assessment of political trends, and they should.Laqueur also reminds readers that there is a connection between writing history and commenting on current affairs, but it is not remotely as close and simple as often thought. The idea that the historian is somehow better qualified than others to interpret the present, let alone predict the future, is certainly not borne out by the evidence. Some great historians have been good and reliable political commentators, others have been miserable failures. Laqueur definitely falls in the former camp, as these reflections attest."
Optimism Reflections On A Life Of Action
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Author : Bob Brown
language : en
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Release Date : 2014-08-01
Optimism Reflections On A Life Of Action written by Bob Brown and has been published by Hardie Grant Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In Optimism, Bob Brown shares with us his stories and insights from throughout his public and private life, that reveal the events that have made an impression, the ideas that have caught his imagination, and the people that have stayed in his thoughts. This book reflects on the simple things, the moments that are meaningful, and the big questions that have concerned Bob Brown and inspired him to achieve. It is a powerful book as well as a meditation on the great and the small. Inspirational, compassionate, outraged, Bob Brown’s stories are rich with metaphor, entertaining and full of warmth. A great promoter of activism he is keen for all to experience life as richly as he has. Although he has seen much of the world through the prism of politics he still believes that there is reason to believe that the changes he has pursued can be made and will be for the better. His stories reveal a complex man with a quick wit and a joy for life. “It is a fortunate life if a person feels more optimistic than ever before. That’s me.” Bob Brown
Incorrigible Optimist
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Author : GARETH. EVANS
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Incorrigible Optimist written by GARETH. EVANS and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
The Optimistic Leftist
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Author : Ruy Teixeira
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2017-03-07
The Optimistic Leftist written by Ruy Teixeira and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-07 with Political Science categories.
"Advances an analysis that should encourage progressives, be cautionary for conservatives, and engage and enlighten everyone who cares about America's political and economic future." —James Fallows, national correspondent, The Atlantic "A tonic—not because it will make you feel better, although it might, but because he makes a powerful, provocative and persuasive case that progressives are in a better position than they realize to make our world better." —E. J. Dionne Jr., author of Why the Right Went Wrong The words “optimism” and “the left” do not seem to go together very well these days. The dominant view on the left--reinforced by the election of Donald Trump--is as follows: (1) progress in today’s world has largely stopped and in many ways reversed; (2) the left is weak and at the mercy of a rapacious capitalism and a marauding right; and (3) the outlook for the future is bleak, with ordinary citizens suffering even more deprivation and the planet itself sliding inexorably toward catastrophe. But all these propositions are wrong. It is not the case that progress has stopped. Today, we live in a freer, more democratic, less violent and more prosperous world than we ever have before. It is not the case that the left is at the mercy of the right. The form of the left is changing but its numbers are strong and growing. It remains a vital force—the vital force--for reforming capitalism. And it is not the case that the future of humanity is bleak. The problems we face today are solvable and, moreover, are likely to be solved in the coming decades. Life for ordinary citizens should improve dramatically over the course of the 21st century. It is not just that these pessimistic propositions are wrong. They also do real harm to the left by undermining its appeal. Pessimism makes people less likely to believe in positive change, not more likely. It is time for the left to realize that their romance with pessimism is a bug not a feature of their current practice. There is no substitute for optimism and an economic climate that promotes optimism. The time has come, as Ruy Teixeira argues in this book, for the optimistic leftist.
Pessimism Of The Intellect Optimism Of The Will
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Author : Kai Nielsen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Pessimism Of The Intellect Optimism Of The Will written by Kai Nielsen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Political science categories.
Kai Nielsen is one of Canada's most distinguished political philosophers. In a career spanning over 40 years, he has published more than 400 papers in political philosophy, ethics, meta-philosophy, and philosophy of religion. Pessimism of the Intellect presents a thoughtful collection of Nielsen's essays complemented by an extended reflective interview with Nielsen. This collection allows the reader to grasp the systematic scope of his thought and methodology.
Optimism Over Despair
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Author : Noam Chomsky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Optimism Over Despair written by Noam Chomsky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Political Science categories.
Wide-ranging interviews on war, power, and politics with Noam Chomsky, the world's leading critic of US foreign policy.
Incorrigible Optimist
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Author : Gareth Evans
language : en
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Release Date : 2017-10-02
Incorrigible Optimist written by Gareth Evans and has been published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-02 with Political Science categories.
A colourful and central figure in Australian politics for two decades—described by Bob Hawke as having ‘the most acute mind’ of any of his ministers—Gareth Evans has also been applauded worldwide for his contributions, both as Foreign Minister and in later international roles, to conflict resolution, genocide prevention and curbing weapons of mass destruction. In this sometimes moving, often entertaining, and always lucid memoir Evans looks back over the highs and lows of his public life as a student activist, civil libertarian, law reformer, industry minister, international policymaker, educator and politician. He explains why it is that, despite multiple disappointments, he continues to believe that a safer, saner and more decent world is achievable, and why, for all its frustrations, politics remains an indispensable profession not only for megalomaniacs but idealists.