03880nam 22006975 450 991034953860332120200704022654.03-030-28195-710.1007/978-3-030-28195-3(CKB)4100000009678375(MiAaPQ)EBC5967888(DE-He213)978-3-030-28195-3(EXLCZ)99410000000967837520191023d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPre-Modernity, Totalitarianism and the Non-Banality of Evil A Comparison of Germany, Spain, Sweden and France /by Steven Saxonberg1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2019.1 online resource (305 pages)3-030-28194-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Cases of Totalitarianism -- Chapter 3: Explaining Evilness -- Chapter 4: France and the Non-Totalitarian Inquisition -- Chapter 5: Spain: Premodern Totalitarianism -- Chapter 6: Sweden -- Chapter 7: Nazi Germany and Non-Banal Evilness -- Chapter 8: Conclusion: The End?.This book provides a comparative and historical analysis of totalitarianism and considers why Spain became totalitarian during its inquisition but not France; and why Germany became totalitarian during the previous century, but not Sweden. The author pushes the concept of totalitarianism back into the pre-modern period and challenges Hannah Arendt’s notion of the banality of evil. Instead, he presents an alternative framework that can explain why some states become totalitarian and why they induce people to commit evil acts. Steven Saxonberg is a professor in the Institute of European Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, and the Institute of Public Policy and Social Work, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. He did research for this book while at the Centre for Social and Economic Strategies, Charles University in Prague.Religion and sociologyReligion and politicsPolitical sociologyEurope—Politics and governmentWorld politicsComparative politicsReligion and Societyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1A8020Politics and Religionhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911250Political Sociologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22170European Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911130Political Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911080Comparative Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911040Religion and sociology.Religion and politics.Political sociology.Europe—Politics and government.World politics.Comparative politics.Religion and Society.Politics and Religion.Political Sociology.European Politics.Political History.Comparative Politics.320.53320.53094Saxonberg Stevenauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut990526MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910349538603321Pre-Modernity, Totalitarianism and the Non-Banality of Evil2266021UNINA