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Liberty or Equality: The Challenge of Our Times by Erik Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddihn is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>Sometime in the 18th century, the word equality gained ground as a political ideal, but the idea was always vague. In this treatise, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn argues that it reduced to one simple and very dangerous idea: equality of political power as embodied in democracy. He marshals the strongest possible case that democratic equality is the very basis not of liberty, as is commonly believed, but the total state. He uses national socialism as his prime example. He further argues the old no
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- Author
- Erik Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
- Publisher
- The Caxton Printers, Ltd.
- Published
- 1952
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781610160308
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, Fiction, Philosophy
- Rating
- 4.15 / 5 (7 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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