Philip J Costopoulos
Biographic Data
| ID | 4383423 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip J Costopoulos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip J |
| FAMILY NAME | Costopoulos |
| SIGNATURE | COSTOPOULOS P J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Perils of Propaganda
The Perils of Propaganda Philip J. Costopoulos (bio) How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler. By Peter Pomerantsev. New York: PublicAffairs, 2024. 304 pp. "Knowledge is power," wrote Francis Bacon, and in war, information is a weapon. Peter Pomerantsev is a student of propaganda, especially but not solely the Russian variety, and twenty-first–century information warfare. Having already authored two highly regarded boo…
World Religions and Democracy
Can religion be compatible with liberal democracy? World Religions and Democracy brings together insights from renowned scholars and world leaders in a provocative and timely discussion of religions' role in the success or failure of democracy. An essay by Alfred Stepan outlines the concept of twin tolerations and differentiation, and creates a template that can be applied to all of the religion-democracy relationships observed and analyzed throu…
Democracy in Real Time
Specifying the relationshipbetween globalization and democracy is not easy. One can identify a whole series of reasons to think that globalization is good for democracy, especially in the world political context at the end of the Cold War. At the same time, it is quite easy to come up with factors that tend to weaken democracy: the globalization of capital, with its tendency to scant or ignore national public spaces; the growing imbalance between…
Democracy and Utopia
Democracy and Utopia François Furet (bio) The subject of democracy and utopia may be approached in a philosophical fashion. Since the eighteenth century, democracy has presented itself to the modern individual as a promise of liberty, or more precisely, of autonomy. This is in contrast to earlier times when men were viewed as subjects, and consequently were deprived of the right of self-determination, which is the basis of the legitimacy of moder…
On Modern Individualism
On Modern Individualism Pierre Manent (bio) On the last page of the final chapter of Democracy in America, where Alexis de Tocqueville puts forth what he calls the “general survey” of his subject, he sums up the comparison that he has just made between the new democracy and the old order: “They are like two distinct orders of human beings.” In fact, this is indeed the feeling that both partisans and adversaries of the modern democratic and indivi…
The History of the Word "Democracy" in France
The History of the Word “Democracy” in France Pierre Rosanvallon (bio) Nobody now disputes that democracy is the most desirable type of political regime. This has not always been the case. On the right, distrust of popular sovereignty long reigned supreme. On the left, it was the term “socialism” that designated the true ideal. For many old-line republicans, moreover, the republic embodied political progress even more than universal suffrage did.…
God and the Death of Communism
God and the Death of Communism Philip J. Costopoulos (bio) The Final Revolution: The Resistance Church and the Collapse of Communism by George Weigel. Oxford University Press, 1992. 255 pp. When future historians tell the story of the annus mirabilis that was 1989, they will have to come to grips with the importance of a phenomenon that many contemporary commentators on the decline and fall of communism have underrated, if not neglected altogethe…
Organizing Africa's Democrats
Organizing Africa's Democrats Honoré Koffi Guie (bio) Translated by Philip J. Costopoulos Honoré Koffi Guie Honoré Koffi Guie is the acting secretary general and director of programs for GERDDES-Africa, a nonpartisan democratic organization whose activities are described in the article below. He teaches in the law faculty of the National University of Côte d'Ivoire and lectures at the Ivoirian Ecole Nationale d'Administration in Abidjan. Copyrigh…
The History of the Word "Democracy" in France
The History of the Word “Democracy” in France Pierre Rosanvallon (bio) Nobody now disputes that democracy is the most desirable type of political regime. This has not always been the case. On the right, distrust of popular sovereignty long reigned supreme. On the left, it was the term “socialism” that designated the true ideal. For many old-line republicans, moreover, the republic embodied political progress even more than universal suffrage did.…
Democracy and Utopia
Democracy and Utopia François Furet (bio) The subject of democracy and utopia may be approached in a philosophical fashion. Since the eighteenth century, democracy has presented itself to the modern individual as a promise of liberty, or more precisely, of autonomy. This is in contrast to earlier times when men were viewed as subjects, and consequently were deprived of the right of self-determination, which is the basis of the legitimacy of moder…
Democracy in Real Time
Specifying the relationshipbetween globalization and democracy is not easy. One can identify a whole series of reasons to think that globalization is good for democracy, especially in the world political context at the end of the Cold War. At the same time, it is quite easy to come up with factors that tend to weaken democracy: the globalization of capital, with its tendency to scant or ignore national public spaces; the growing imbalance between…
On Modern Individualism
On Modern Individualism Pierre Manent (bio) On the last page of the final chapter of Democracy in America, where Alexis de Tocqueville puts forth what he calls the “general survey” of his subject, he sums up the comparison that he has just made between the new democracy and the old order: “They are like two distinct orders of human beings.” In fact, this is indeed the feeling that both partisans and adversaries of the modern democratic and indivi…
Organizing Africa's Democrats
Organizing Africa's Democrats Honoré Koffi Guie (bio) Translated by Philip J. Costopoulos Honoré Koffi Guie Honoré Koffi Guie is the acting secretary general and director of programs for GERDDES-Africa, a nonpartisan democratic organization whose activities are described in the article below. He teaches in the law faculty of the National University of Côte d'Ivoire and lectures at the Ivoirian Ecole Nationale d'Administration in Abidjan. Copyrigh…
God and the Death of Communism
God and the Death of Communism Philip J. Costopoulos (bio) The Final Revolution: The Resistance Church and the Collapse of Communism by George Weigel. Oxford University Press, 1992. 255 pp. When future historians tell the story of the annus mirabilis that was 1989, they will have to come to grips with the importance of a phenomenon that many contemporary commentators on the decline and fall of communism have underrated, if not neglected altogethe…
Organizing Africa's Democrats
Organizing Africa's Democrats Honoré Koffi Guie (bio) Translated by Philip J. Costopoulos Honoré Koffi Guie Honoré Koffi Guie is the acting secretary general and director of programs for GERDDES-Africa, a nonpartisan democratic organization whose activities are described in the article below. He teaches in the law faculty of the National University of Côte d'Ivoire and lectures at the Ivoirian Ecole Nationale d'Administration in Abidjan. Copyrigh…
The History of the Word "Democracy" in France
The History of the Word “Democracy” in France Pierre Rosanvallon (bio) Nobody now disputes that democracy is the most desirable type of political regime. This has not always been the case. On the right, distrust of popular sovereignty long reigned supreme. On the left, it was the term “socialism” that designated the true ideal. For many old-line republicans, moreover, the republic embodied political progress even more than universal suffrage did.…
On Modern Individualism
On Modern Individualism Pierre Manent (bio) On the last page of the final chapter of Democracy in America, where Alexis de Tocqueville puts forth what he calls the “general survey” of his subject, he sums up the comparison that he has just made between the new democracy and the old order: “They are like two distinct orders of human beings.” In fact, this is indeed the feeling that both partisans and adversaries of the modern democratic and indivi…
Democracy and Utopia
Democracy and Utopia François Furet (bio) The subject of democracy and utopia may be approached in a philosophical fashion. Since the eighteenth century, democracy has presented itself to the modern individual as a promise of liberty, or more precisely, of autonomy. This is in contrast to earlier times when men were viewed as subjects, and consequently were deprived of the right of self-determination, which is the basis of the legitimacy of moder…
Democracy in Real Time
Specifying the relationshipbetween globalization and democracy is not easy. One can identify a whole series of reasons to think that globalization is good for democracy, especially in the world political context at the end of the Cold War. At the same time, it is quite easy to come up with factors that tend to weaken democracy: the globalization of capital, with its tendency to scant or ignore national public spaces; the growing imbalance between…
World Religions and Democracy
Can religion be compatible with liberal democracy? World Religions and Democracy brings together insights from renowned scholars and world leaders in a provocative and timely discussion of religions' role in the success or failure of democracy. An essay by Alfred Stepan outlines the concept of twin tolerations and differentiation, and creates a template that can be applied to all of the religion-democracy relationships observed and analyzed throu…
The Perils of Propaganda
The Perils of Propaganda Philip J. Costopoulos (bio) How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler. By Peter Pomerantsev. New York: PublicAffairs, 2024. 304 pp. "Knowledge is power," wrote Francis Bacon, and in war, information is a weapon. Peter Pomerantsev is a student of propaganda, especially but not solely the Russian variety, and twenty-first–century information warfare. Having already authored two highly regarded boo…
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