Sentences with phrase «of authoritarianism»

Perhaps in hindsight, it was not a good move for the European Union, as there are signs with the rise of authoritarianism in Hungary that European Union expansion may have occurred too quickly, and the criteria should have been applied more closely.

Pentecostalism is authoritarian in the sense that it strongly emphasizes obedience, but it is a different kind of authoritarianism than is practiced by the Afro - Brazilian religions, the carnival clubs, and other popular Brazilian associations, which depend on a single leader.

Instead of an authoritarian Holy Roman Empire we now live in world of nuclear Superpowers which justify their divergent forms of authoritarianism by appeals to national security.

If you read John Dean's excellent Conservatives Without Conscience, which talks about the rise of authoritarianism in the GOP, he talks about how authoritarians aren't just the ones who demand fealty and obedience, there are also authoritarian followers, who crave that certainty and want a leader to follow.

Other Chinese research has linked the punitive aspects of authoritarianism with poorer social functioning (Zhou et al 2004).

Another barrier to permanent sobriety lies in what might be called the «diminishing returns of authoritarianism.»

It is true that preaching from the laws of Moses, the commands of Christ, or the imperatives of Paul can depart from the context of grace and fall prey to the dangers of authoritarianism and legalism.

And for all the talk of how the Olympics will signify the arrival of a new Russia, only Putin's brand of authoritarianism gave the IOC confidence that the requisite facilities would materialize in six years» time.

To avoid perils of authoritarianism, many parents tried the opposite approach.

Other Chinese research has linked the punitive aspects of authoritarianism with poorer social functioning (Zhou et al 2004).

2017 has seen the forces of authoritarianism on the march — often with a battalion of climate skepticism on their right flank.

Heartland's attempt to have the documents and any references to them thrown the «memory hole» have a whiff of authoritarianism about it.

Theology, on the other hand, has truncated its capacity to deal with those important issues it does raise by giving the appearance of authoritarianism or special pleading rather than participating from its own resources in free and open discussion.

But the beguiling lures of authoritarianism» or even of neo-traditionalism and neo-orthodoxy» must be resisted; we can not, without indulging in acts of bad faith, pretend to certainties we do not possess.

When every day brings with it another startling act of authoritarianism or oppression, it's hard to catch your breath long enough to think of something worthwhile to say.

What we're facing in this country is an administration characterized by unprecedented levels of authoritarianism, dishonesty, incompetence, and corruption, and a legislative branch unwilling to hold the president accountable.

In the late 1990s the Chilean government, once again a democracy, responded to the demands of human rights activists by allowing the villa to be restored and converted into a peace park for quiet reflection on the horrors of authoritarianism.

I hear what you're saying, Jeff, and I agree that a lot of harm has been done and is still being done in the name of authoritarianism disguised as or excused by religion.

«European inaction on fundamental rights» violations in Catalonia will ease the path for soft versions of authoritarianism to invade the whole European continent»

Venezuela is seeing a dangerous mix of authoritarianism and widespread violent crime.

This could lead to a resurgence of authoritarianism coupled with violent crime in several countries.

In the coming weeks and years, we must not turn a blind eye to the sliding mechanisms of authoritarianism, or allow ourselves to overlook abuses of basic human rights.

This is for one very simple reason: because to abolish the distinction between suspects and those suspected of nothing, to place them entirely in the same category in the eyes of the state, is a clear hallmark of authoritarianism.

Nicola Pratt discussed the competing wars of position being waged against the hegemonic system of authoritarianism in post-Mubarak Egypt, focusing on the realm of gender and women's rights.

Levitsky and Way posited two mechanisms which raise the cost of authoritarianism: Western leverage, defined as a country's vulnerability to external pressure, and linkage to the West, defined as density of the country's ties to the US and EU.

I couldn't agree more with your editorial in reference to «New York: Welcome to the state of authoritarianism.»

«I have devoted a major part of my scholarly life to the study of authoritarianism,» she wrote in the post.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as a brazen display of authoritarianism demonstrated by the President Muhammadu Buhari - led APC Government, the handcuffing of its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh «even when the court is yet to hear his case.»

Trump «doesn't seem to have an impulse against projecting an image of authoritarianism, which is new,» added Michael Macleod - Ball, chief of staff for the ACLU's Washington legislative office.

Furthermore, the lack of transparency in crafting the resolution reeked of authoritarianism, he said.

The researchers found that the IWAH was stable over time, distinct from a general empathy and tendency to identify with others, and was more than the mere absence of authoritarianism, social dominance and ethnocentrism.

It's easy to read parallels between the nation's troubled experience of authoritarianism and Ginghină's obsessive pursuit of a perfectly ordered yet perfectly liberated game of soccer.

But the movie works as a critique of authoritarianism even if he's just a mayor and the dogs are just dogs.

The script, cowritten by Iannucci with David Schneider, Ian Martin and Peter Fellows, doesn't so much joke about dictatorship as find the very existence of authoritarianism to be one of humanity's sickest, saddest, oldest jokes — a fine distinction, but an important one, because it prevents the film from feeling exploitative, instead lending it the feeling of a lament in which the storyteller laughs so that he won't cry.

The more dynamic and textured «Dogs» sees Anderson telling a timely tale of authoritarianism and insurrection with his signature opulence.

And how is that different from an Orwellian regime of authoritarianism and theocracy?

His caution about displaying symbols of loyalty is my particular favorite: my mother, who was born and raised in post-war Germany, was always on guard against signs of authoritarianism and group - think, and despised slogan T - shirts and designer jeans.

Hisham Matar returned to Libya in the spring of 2012, in the brief honeymoon after Qaddafi had been overthrown and before the current civil war, and his extraordinary memoir of that time is so much more besides: a reflection on the consolations of art, an analysis of authoritarianism, and an impassioned work of mourning.

«Bauhaus, Dessau,» taken from a photograph taken by the artist of a stairway in the Weimar - era school with the human figures entirely removed, serves as a chilling reminder of the effects of authoritarianism, globalism, right - wing populism and what the gallery calls «the locusts of power.»

Novoa's invented urban landscapes — the paradoxically bleak yet handsome architectures of authoritarianism — borrow from the visual vocabularies of widespread, twentieth - century nationalisms and their various programs of propaganda across the West.

And the Magdalena Abakanowicz in the grand gallery dedicated to museum founder Alma Spreckels, is a moving memorial to the century's many victims of authoritarianism.

Joshua loves the smell of authoritarianism in the morning, as long as it's the right kind.