Assault on Ideology - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Political Thought (Paperback, 2nd Edition)

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is almost a forgotten man, a relic of the Cold War, like some broken and discarded bit of the Berlin Wall. He is also one of the most important writers of the 20th century, and has had more direct influence on politics than any author since Jean Jacques Rousseau. At a critical time after America's loss in Vietnam, Solzhenitsyn stood as a towering moral force against a policy of appeasement towards an evil adversary. In this new edition of Assault on Ideology: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Political Thought author James F. Pontuso showcases the titanic thought that understood Marxism to be a vain and ultimately merciless effort to fulfill the Enlightenment dream of fully conquering and exploiting nature in order to establish a perfect and just society on earth. Solzhenitsyn's claim was that Lenin, Stalin, and the Russian people applied Marx's principles to the letter yielding horrific results. Pontuso traces the causes of the horrific events of the Great Terror beginning with Stalin's megalomania, back through the cruel precedents laid down by Lenin, to the ideology established by Marx, and ultimately to the philosophy begun in the Enlightenment.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Applications of Political Theory
Release date:	February 2004
First published:	February 2004
Authors:	James F Pontuso
Foreword by:	Daniel J Mahoney
Dimensions:	232 x 165 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	226
Edition:	2nd Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-0594-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7391-0594-9
Barcode:	9780739105948

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