| Modernism and Totalitarianism: Rethinking the Intellectual Sources of Nazism and Stalinism, 1945 to the Present 2012 Edition Contributor(s): Shorten, R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230252060 ISBN-13: 9780230252066 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Fascism & Totalitarianism - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
| Dewey: 320.532 |
| LCCN: 2012034978 |
| Series: Modernism And... |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.60 lbs) 340 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Germany - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What is totalitarianism? In what ways was it modern? Modernism and Totalitarianism argues that conventional theories of totalitarianism are too focused on the state and fail to take note of its ideological trajectory. The book analyses this trajectory, shared by Nazism and Stalinism, the two instances of totalitarianism in its "classical" form. The ideological trajectory was formed in the interaction of three currents of modernist thought: utopianism, scientism, and revolutionary violence. Developing first of all in the nineteenth century, and in reaction to the Enlightenment mainstream, each of these three currents contributed to the idea of the totalitarian New Man. The book considers a broad range of theoretical positions, including those associated with Cold War liberalism, critical theory, and recent anti-totalitarian thought in France, in order to develop these arguments. |
