Totalitarian democracy and after / / edited by Yehoshua Arieli and Nathan Rotenstreich

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910975004803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-135-31773-9; 0-7146-8304-3; 1-315-04021-2; 1-135-31766-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (423 p.)
• Collana: Cass Series. Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions, , 1477-058X
• Altri autori (Persone): ArieliYehoshua <1916-2002.>; RotenstreichNathan <1914-1993.>; TalmonJ. L <1916-> (Jacob Leib)
• Disciplina: 321.9
• Soggetti: Totalitarianism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "This book contains the principal papers from an international colloquium held in memory of Jacob L. Talmon, 21-24 June 1982"--p. [ii].; "This edition published in 2002 by Frank Cass Publishers"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Yehoshua Arieli: Jacob Talman - An Intellectual Portrait; Part I: The Historiography and Philosophy of History in Relation to Historical Reality in Terms of Totalitarian Democracy; John Dunn: Totalitarian Democracy and the Legacy of Modern Revolutions - Explanation or Indictment?; James H. Billington: Rival Revolutionary Ideals; Karl Dietrich Bracher: Turn of the Century and Totalitarian Ideology; Part II: Totalitarian Democracy - Cultural Traditions and Modernization; S. N. Eisenstadt: Totalitarian Democracy - Cultural Traditions and Modernization. Introductory RemarksMichael Heyd: Christian Antecedents to Totalitarian Democratic Ideologies in the Early Modern Period; Shlomo Avineri: Different Visions of Political Messianism in the Marxist European Tradition; Michael Confino: Russian and western ; European Roots of Soviet Totalitarianism; Moshe Zimmermann: The Historical Setting of German Totalitarianism; Hava Lazarus-Yafeh: Political Traditions and Responses in Islam; Uriel Tal: Totalitarian Democratic Hermeneutics and Policies in Modern Jewish Religious NationalismBen-Ami Shillony: Traditional Constraints on Totalitarianism in Japan; Part III: The Varieties and Transformations of Totalitarian Democracy in Different Countries and under Different Regimes; George L. Mosse: Political Style and Political Theory - Totalitarian Democracy Revisited; Yaron Ezrahi: Political Style and Political Theory - Totalitarian Democracy Revisited. Comments on George L. Mosse's Paper; Michael Walzer: Totalitarianism and Tyranny; Yirmiahu Yovel: Totalitarianism and Totality. A Response to Michael WalzerZeev Sternhell: Aux sources de l'idéologie fasciste: La révolte socialiste contre le matérialisme; Baruch Knei-Paz: Ideas, Political Intentions and Historical Consequences - The Case of the Russian Revolution; Richard Lowenthal: Totalitarianism and After in Communist Party Regimes; Harold Z. Schiffrin: Totalitarianism and After in Communist Party Regimes. Comments on Richard Lowenthal's Paper; Part IV: The Impact of Totalitarian Democracy on the Jewish Situation; Jonathan Frankel: Democracy and Its Negations - On Polarity in Jewish SocialismIsrael Kolatt: Zionism and Political Messianism; Anita Shapira: Zionism and Political Messianism. Comments on Israel Kolatt's Paper; Erik Cohen: The Israeli Kibbutz - The Dynamics of Pragmatic Utopianism; Menachem Rosner: The Israeli Kibbutz - The Dynamics of Pragmatic Utopianism. Comments on Erik Cohen's Paper; Ben Halpern: The Context of Hannah Arendt's Concept of Totalitarianism; Ephraim E. Urbach: Between Rulers and Ruled - Some Aspects of the Jewish Tradition
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.