How Authoritarians Co-opt the Language of Religion: My Conversation with Ruth Ben-Ghiat
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From the blog of Ruth Ben-Or at The Times of Israel.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Resistence
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Historian and commentator who discusses authoritarianism, including China's political system.