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Liberty in the Modern State

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Updated to take into account the post-war political landscape, this book, consisting of some undelivered lectures originally dating from 1929, discusses the meaning and place of liberty and freedom in a global post-war context.

218 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1930

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Harold J. Laski

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Harold Joseph Laski was a British Marxist, political theorist, economist, author, and lecturer, who served as the chairman of the Labour Party during 1945-1946, and was a professor at the LSE from 1926 to 1950.

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لا أدري لماذا يعهد بالترجمة لأشخاص يجعلون من كتب قيمة كتبا مملة
أهم الأفكار التي تناولها الكتاب هي أن الرخاء الاقتصادي من أهم دعامات الحرية حيث يشيع جو من التفاؤل و الثقة في المجتمع يسمح بإختلاف الآراء و بتعبير كل فرد عما يراه و على العكس من ذلك في حالة الأوضاع الاقتصادية الخانقة حيث يشيع عدم الاطمئنان مناخا من الشك تجاه كل رأي مختلف كذلك القدرة على محاسبة السلطة السياسية ضرورة لإشاعة الحرية في المجتمع إذا يسعى أصحاب السلطة المطلقة إلى تكميم الأفواه و إشاعة أن بقاء المجتمع و سلامته رهن ببقائهم في مناصبهم و من ثم يسعون لإخراس كل صوت يتساءل عن مسئوليتهم في الوصول للأوضاع السيئة التي يعانيها الناس و الدولة التي تضع قانونا يطالب الناس بما لا تستطيعه تنتهك حرية مواطنيها ثم أخيرا أن الحرية هي أن ينصت المرء لضميره و يتصرف طبقا لما يمليه عليه
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September 12, 2008
Harold Laski wrote this in 1930: "Whether you study repression in Ireland of Russia, Bavaria or Hungary or India, its history is always the same. The fact always emerges that once the operation of justice is transferred from the ordinary courts to some branch of the executive, abuses always occur...Experience makes it painfully clear that special tribunals are simply special methods for securing convictions. For the mere creation of a special tribunal persuades the ordinary man that there is an a priori case against the accused, that the burden of proof lies upon the accused rather than government."
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If you’re in a leading position I’d recommend this book for you, if not however, it’ll just make fight your brain on every decisions your leaders make ... unless you have a clear mind , I got so much knowledge from the book “thumbs up”
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