The devil in history
Subtitle: communism, fascism, and some lessons of the twentieth century
By: Vladimir Tismaneanu
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780520239722
Subjects: Fascism; Totalitarianism; Communism; History; Communist state
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : totalitarian dictators and ideological hubris; title: Utopian radicalism and dehumanization; title: Diabolical pedagogy and the (il)logic of Stalinism; title: Lenin's century : Bolshevism, Marxism, and the Russian tradition; title: Dialectics of disenchantment : Marxism and ideological decay in Leninist regimes; title: Ideology, utopia, and truth: lessons from Eastern Europe; title: Malaise and resentment : threats to democracy in post-communist societies.