01866cam a2200325Ii 4500 24736 24736 968309193 OCoLC 20190501235240.0 170116s2017 nyu 000 0 eng d 0804190119 9780804190114 9780804190121 Ebook (OCoLC)968309193 nmt Snyder, Timothy, author 917 On tyranny : twenty lessons from the twentieth century / Timothy Snyder New York : Tim Duggan Books, [2017] ©2017 126 pages ; 16 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Do not obey in advance -- Defend institutions -- Beware the one-party state -- Take responsibility for the face of the world -- Remember professional ethics -- Be wary of paramilitaries -- Be reflective if you must be armed -- Stand out -- Be kind to our language -- Believe in truth -- Investigate -- Make eye contact and small talk -- Practice corporeal politics -- Establish a private life -- Contribute to good causes -- Learn from peers in other countries -- Listen for dangerous words -- Be calm when the unthinkable arrives -- Be a patriot -- Be as courageous as you can "The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience."-- Amazon.com Despotism 918 Dictatorship 919 Despotism. fast (OCoLC)fst00891415 918 .b148716118 ddc BOOK ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2017-03-28 7.99 6 1 321.6 SNYD 36667 2024-11-19 2024-11-15 2017-03-28 BOOK