| Totality, Charisma, Authority: The Origins and Transformations of Totalist Movements 2017 Edition Contributor(s): Murariu, Mihai (Author) |
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ISBN: 3658163216 ISBN-13: 9783658163211 Publisher: Springer vs OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Methodology - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 300.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.90 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This interdisciplinary endeavour portrays the central features of militant movements which hold totality as an important part of their doctrinal core. Revisiting the importance of modernity, utopianism, eschatology, charisma, psychology and the history of ideas, Mihai Murariu pursues a reconstruction of the historical requirements for the emergence of such movements. Making a central use of the concept of totalism, the work establishes a conceptual bridge from antiquity to the contemporary period, whilst also arguing for the suitability of the term in comparison to totalitarianism or political religion. The author also proposes a distinct taxonomy for structural elements, variants, and development phases which may be encountered in totalist movements. |