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This volume, first published in 1984, contains the principal papers from a distinguished colloquium held in 1982. Its avowed purpose is to investigate further the notion of ""totalitarian democracy"" and to look at its repercussions in the contemporary world.

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Author:   Yehoshua Arieli ,  Nathan Rotenstreich ,  Nathan Rotenstreich
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9780714651842

ISBN 10:   0714651842
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   30 October 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Jacob Talmon — An Intellectual Portrait, Yehoshua Arieli; Part 1 The Historiography and Philosophy of History in Relation to Historical Reality in Terms of Totalitarian Democracy; Chapter 2 Totalitarian Democracy and the Legacy of Modern Revolutions — Explanation or Indictment?, John Dunn; Chapter 3 Rival Revolutionary Ideals, James H. Billington; Chapter 4 Turn of the Century and Totalitarian Ideology, Karl Dietrich Bracher; Part 2 Totalitarian Democracy — Cultural Traditions and Modernization; Chapter 5 Totalitarian Democracy — Cultural Traditions and Modernization, S. N. Eisenstadt; Chapter 6 Christian Antecedents to Totalitarian Democratic Ideologies in the Early Modern Period, Michael Heyd; Chapter 7 Different Visions of Political Messianism in the Marxist European Tradition, Shlomo Avineri; Chapter 8 Russian and Western European Roots of Soviet Totalitarianism, Michael Confino; Chapter 9 The Historical Setting of German Totalitarianism, Moshe Zimmermann; Chapter 10 Political Traditions and Responses in Islam, Hava Lazarus-Yafeh; Chapter 11 Totalitarian Democratic Hermeneutics and Policies in Modem Jewish Religious Nationalism, Uriel Tal; Chapter 12 Traditional Constraints on Totalitarianism in Japan, Ben-Ami Shillony; Part 3 The Varieties and Transformations of Totalitarian Democracy in Different Countries and under Different Regimes; Chapter 13 Political Style and Political Theory-Totalitarian Democracy Revisited, George L. Mosse; Chapter 14 Political Style and Political Theory — Totalitarian Democracy Revisited Comments on George L. Mosse’s Paper, Yaron Ezrahi; Chapter 15 Totalitarianism and Tyranny, Michael Walzer; Chapter 16 Totalitarianism and Totality A Response to Michael Walzer, Yirmiyahu Yovel; Chapter 17 Aux sources de l’idéologie fasciste: La révolte socialist contre le matérialisme, Zeev Sternhell; Chapter 18 Ideas, Political Intentions and Historical Consequences — the Case of the Russian Revolution, Baruch Knei-Paz; Chapter 19 Totalitar

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