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1 online resource |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Tommaso Piffer and Vladislav Zubok, Introduction -- Part I: Theory and Debate -- Peter Baehr, Movement, Formation, and Maintenance in the Soviet Union : Victor Zaslavsky's Challenge to the Arendtian Theory of Totalitarianism -- Giovanni Orsina, European Liberalism in the Age of Totalitarianism -- Vittorio Strada, Totalitaranism avant la lettre -- Vladimir Tismaneanu, Totalitarianism and Ideological Hubris -- Emilio Gentile, From Facts to Words : From Militia Party to Fascist Totalitarianism -- Part II: History and Society -- Vladimir Pechatnov, Stalin the Statesman : A Historian's Notes -- Oleg Khlevniuk, Stalin's Dictatorship : Priorities, Policies, and Results -- Andrea Graziosi, The "National Question" in the Soviet Union -- Inessa Yazhborovskaia, The Katyn Case : History and Articulation of Official Discourse in Russia -- David Holloway, Totalitarianism and Science : The Nazi and the Soviet Experience -- Maria Teresa Giusti, From Fascism to Communism : The History of a Conversion -- Part III: Beyond Totalitarianism -- Veljco Vujacic, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Vasily Grossman : Slavophile and Westernizer Against the Totalitarian Soviet State -- Antonella d'Amelia, "Without the free word, there are no free people" : Lydia Chukovskaya's Writings on Terror and Censorship -- Lev Gudkov, The Transition from Totalitarianism to Authoritarianism in Russia -- Gail Lapidus, Totalitarianism, Nationalism, and Challenges for Democratic Transition -- Mark Kramer, Public Memory and the Difficulty of Overcoming the Communist Legacy : Poland and Russia in Comparative Perspective. |
| Note |
"Originally published on the occasion of the second anniversary of the death of Prof. Victor Zaslavsky. The book deals with the theory and the history of totalitarian society with a comparative approach. Consists of three sections: Theory and debate; History and society; Beyond Totalitarianism. The authors are among the leading European, American and Russian scholars"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Post-communism -- Russia (Federation)
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Post-communism. |
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Russia (Federation) |
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Totalitarianism -- Philosophy.
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Totalitarianism -- Philosophy. |
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Totalitarianism. |
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Totalitarianism -- History.
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History. |
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Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government.
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Soviet Union. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Zaslavsky, Victor, 1937-2009, honouree.
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Zubok, V. M. (Vladislav Martinovich), editor.
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Piffer, Tommaso, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Totalitarian societies and democratic transition. New York : Central European University Press, 2016 (DLC) 2016025930 |
| ISBN |
9789633861325 (electronic book) |
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9633861322 (electronic book) |
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9789633861301 (cloth) |
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9633861306 |
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