Author: Daniel Defoe
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Languages : en
Pages : 430
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The Political History of the Devil ... The Third Edition
Author: Daniel Defoe
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Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Pages : 430
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The Political History of the Devil
Author: Daniel Defoe
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Category : Demonology
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Category : Demonology
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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The Devil in History
Author: Vladimir Tismaneanu
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520282205
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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The Devil in History is a provocative analysis of the relationship between communism and fascism. Reflecting the author’s personal experiences within communist totalitarianism, this is a book about political passions, radicalism, utopian ideals, and their catastrophic consequences in the twentieth century’s experiments in social engineering. Vladimir Tismaneanu brilliantly compares communism and fascism as competing, sometimes overlapping, and occasionally strikingly similar systems of political totalitarianism. He examines the inherent ideological appeal of these radical, revolutionary political movements, the visions of salvation and revolution they pursued, the value and types of charisma of leaders within these political movements, the place of violence within these systems, and their legacies in contemporary politics. The author discusses thinkers who have shaped contemporary understanding of totalitarian movements—people such as Hannah Arendt, Raymond Aron, Isaiah Berlin, Albert Camus, François Furet, Tony Judt, Ian Kershaw, Leszek Kolakowski, Richard Pipes, and Robert C. Tucker. As much a theoretical analysis of the practical philosophies of Marxism-Leninism and Fascism as it is a political biography of particular figures, this book deals with the incarnation of diabolically nihilistic principles of human subjugation and conditioning in the name of presumably pure and purifying goals. Ultimately, the author claims that no ideological commitment, no matter how absorbing, should ever prevail over the sanctity of human life. He comes to the conclusion that no party, movement, or leader holds the right to dictate to the followers to renounce their critical faculties and to embrace a pseudo-miraculous, a mystically self-centered, delusional vision of mandatory happiness.
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520282205
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Devil in History is a provocative analysis of the relationship between communism and fascism. Reflecting the author’s personal experiences within communist totalitarianism, this is a book about political passions, radicalism, utopian ideals, and their catastrophic consequences in the twentieth century’s experiments in social engineering. Vladimir Tismaneanu brilliantly compares communism and fascism as competing, sometimes overlapping, and occasionally strikingly similar systems of political totalitarianism. He examines the inherent ideological appeal of these radical, revolutionary political movements, the visions of salvation and revolution they pursued, the value and types of charisma of leaders within these political movements, the place of violence within these systems, and their legacies in contemporary politics. The author discusses thinkers who have shaped contemporary understanding of totalitarian movements—people such as Hannah Arendt, Raymond Aron, Isaiah Berlin, Albert Camus, François Furet, Tony Judt, Ian Kershaw, Leszek Kolakowski, Richard Pipes, and Robert C. Tucker. As much a theoretical analysis of the practical philosophies of Marxism-Leninism and Fascism as it is a political biography of particular figures, this book deals with the incarnation of diabolically nihilistic principles of human subjugation and conditioning in the name of presumably pure and purifying goals. Ultimately, the author claims that no ideological commitment, no matter how absorbing, should ever prevail over the sanctity of human life. He comes to the conclusion that no party, movement, or leader holds the right to dictate to the followers to renounce their critical faculties and to embrace a pseudo-miraculous, a mystically self-centered, delusional vision of mandatory happiness.
The History of the Devil, Ancient and Modern
Author: Daniel Defoe
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Category : Demonology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Demonology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Book Catalogue
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Languages : en
Pages : 796
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Languages : en
Pages : 796
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Catalogue
Author: Dobell, P.J. & A.E., booksellers, London
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Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Catalogue of the Very Curious, Valuable, and Extensive Library of the Late George Chalmers ... Which Will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Evans ... on Monday, Sept. 27 ... 1841 (Monday March 7 ... Thursday November 10 ... 1842.).
Author: George Chalmers
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Languages : en
Pages : 158
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Pages : 158
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Catalogue
Author: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 922
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 922
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The works of Daniel De Foe [ed.] by W. Hazlitt
Author: Daniel Defoe
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Languages : en
Pages : 792
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Pages : 792
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“The” works
Author: Daniel Defoe
Publisher: Wentworth Press
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Languages : en
Pages : 778
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Publisher: Wentworth Press
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Languages : en
Pages : 778
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.