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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tismăneanu, Vladimir, 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
PhysicalDescription:xiv, 320 s. 24 cm
Published: Berkeley Los Angeles London University of California Press c2012
ISBN:9780520239722
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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