This book aims to link the Communist experience to the theoretical
debates on modernity. The most influential theories of modernity
have taken surprisingly little interest in the problematic of
Soviet-type societies, and recent events have highlighted the lack
of conceptual framework for the interpretation of their history.
The author tries to show that a revised concept of totalitarianism
can be used to clarify the distinctive characteristics of the
Soviet model as a pattern of modernity, rather than to construct an
alternative to modernization theory. This line of argument is
developed in relation to four main themes: the historical sources
of the Soviet model, its institutional core, the differences
between its original version and later variants (with particular
reference to China and Eastern Europe), and the combination of
structural and historical factors which brought about its terminal
crisis. The theoretical model used throughout focuses on the
changing configurations of economic, political and cultural
patterns.
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