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Liberty: Liberty is the ability to make one's own choices and to live one's life as one sees fit, without interference from others. It is a fundamental human right, and it is essential for a just and equitable society. See also Society, Freedom, Justice, Equality, Rights, Individuals, Liberalism._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Oswald Spengler on Liberty - Dictionary of Arguments
Brocker I 123 Freedom/Spengler: According to Spengler, central elements of freedom in modern democracy, whether it concerns the right to vote, the right of parliamentary representation or freedom of opinion and the press, represent nothing more than various media for exercising power in the hands of those who do not ostensibly govern a state, but actually rule it - precisely because, according to the findings of a vitalist approach to politics and history, they are the strongest, the 'liveliest' and thus also the most assertive. >Power, >State, >Governance, >Media, >Freedom of the Press, >Parliamentary system, >Democracy, >Society, >Political Elections. Hans-Christof Klaus, Oswald Spengler, Der Untergang des Abendlandes (1918/1922) in: Manfred Brocker (Hg.) Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt/M. 2018._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Spengler I Oswald Spengler Politische Schriften München 1932 Brocker I Manfred Brocker Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert Frankfurt/M. 2018 |