Available for the first time in English language translation, the
third volume of Totalitarianism and Political Religions completes
the set. It provides a comprehensive overview of key theories and
theorists of totalitarianism and of political religions, from
Hannah Arendt and Raymond Aron to Leo Strauss and Simone Weill.
Edited by the eminent Professor Hans Maier, it represents a major
study, examining how new models for understanding political history
arose from the experience of modern despotic regimes.
Where volumes one and two were concerned with questioning the
common elements between twentieth century despotic regimes -
Communism, Fascism, National Socialism, Maoism - this volume draws
a general balance. It brings together the findings of research
undertaken during the decade 1992-2002 with the cooperation of
leading philosophers, historians and social scientists for the
Institute of Philosophy at the University of Munich.
Following the demise of Italian Fascism (1943-45), German
National Socialism (1945) and Soviet Communism (1989-91), a
comparative approach to the three regimes is possible. A broad
field of interpretation of the entire phenomenon of totalitarian
and political religions opens up. This comprehensive study examines
a vast topic which affects the political and historical landscape
over the whole of the last century. Moreover, dictatorships and
their motivations are still present in current affairs, today in
the twenty-first century. The three volumes of Totalitarianism and
Political Religions are a vital resource for scholars of fascism,
Nazism, communism, totalitarianism, comparative politics and
political theory.
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