The Cases: Civil society
Forty-one cases open the chapters of the book, from the story of Talut and Goliath to the race for artificial intelligence. Each has its chapter and its lesson. In the book a story is a way into understanding, not a conclusive proof of it.
By eraAllAntiquity and the QuranThe Islamic middle centuriesEarly modern to 19th centuryThe 20th centuryThe 21st century
By arenaAllThe battlefieldLiberation from occupationPower and statesPopular uprisingsJustice and witnessKnowledge and mediaCivil societyIdeas and values
5 cases
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The fall of the Berlin Wall
When the wall of fear breaks before the wall of concrete
- 37
Solidarity
When the union defeats the Party
- 38
Lithuania and the Baltic Way
When a human chain breaks the shackles of empire
- 39
The Prague Spring
When freedom is buried, then grows back from under the snow
- 40
The Saffron Revolution
When the saffron robe becomes a shield