The devil in history : communism, fascism, and some lessons of the twentieth century /

The Devil in History is a provocative analysis of the relationship between communism and fascism. Reflecting the author's personal experiences within communist totalitarianism, this is a book about political passions, radicalism, utopian ideals, and their catastrophic consequences in the twenti...

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Hlavní autor: Tismaneanu, Vladimir
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Berkeley : University of California Press ©2012.
On-line přístup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppwf2
Obsah:
  • Prologue : totalitarian dictators and ideological hubris
  • Utopian radicalism and dehumanization
  • Diabolical pedagogy and the (il)logic of Stalinism
  • Lenin's century : Bolshevism, Marxism, and the Russian tradition
  • Dialectics of disenchantment : Marxism and ideological decay in Leninist regimes
  • Ideology, utopia, and truth: lessons from Eastern Europe
  • Malaise and resentment : threats to democracy in post-communist societies.