Totalitarianism, Terrorism and Supreme Values [electronic resource] : History and Theory /
Bernholz, Peter.author.
Applying a rational choice perspective, this book presents a dynamic theory of the evolution of totalitarian regimes and terrorism. By demonstrating that totalitarian regimes rest on ideologies involving supreme values that are assumed to be absolutely true, the author identifies the factors that lead to totalitarian regimes, and those that transform or abolish those regimes with time. The author addresses different ideologies, such as National Socialism, Communism, and religious movements; examines numerous historical cases of totalitarian regimes; and develops a formal, mathematical model of totalitarianism in the book’s closing chapter.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Introduction -- Ideologies of National Socialism, Communism, Christianity and Islam -- The Theory of Totalitarianism and Mature Ideocracy, Part I: Evolution and Development -- Further Historical Cases of Totalitarian Regimes -- Mature Ideocracies -- The Theory of Totalitarian Regimes, Part II: Stability, Further Development and Demise -- The Constitution of Totalitarianism -- Terrorism as a Means to Win or to Regain Secular Power -- Economic and Political Problems Facing Ideocracies -- Art and Science in Totalitarian Regimes and Mature Ideocracies -- A Formal Model of Totalitarianism -- Summary: Supreme Values, Totalitarian Regimes and Mature Ideocracies.
Applying a rational choice perspective, this book presents a dynamic theory of the evolution of totalitarian regimes and terrorism. By demonstrating that totalitarian regimes rest on ideologies involving supreme values that are assumed to be absolutely true, the author identifies the factors that lead to totalitarian regimes, and those that transform or abolish those regimes with time. The author addresses different ideologies, such as National Socialism, Communism, and religious movements; examines numerous historical cases of totalitarian regimes; and develops a formal, mathematical model of totalitarianism in the book’s closing chapter.
Welfare economics.
Economic theory.
Political economy.
Terrorism.
Political violence.
Religion and sociology.
Economic policy.
Economics.
Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy.
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.
International Political Economy.
Terrorism and Political Violence.
Sociology of Religion.
Political Economy/Economic Systems.