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Zusatztext [A] remarkable survey. Klappentext The only book of its kind! The New Inquisitions is an exhilarating investigation into the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Arthur Versluis unveils the connections between heretic hunting in early and medieval Christianity! and the emergence of totalitarianism in the twentieth century. He shows how secular political thinkers in the nineteenth century inaugurated a tradition of defending the Inquisition! and how Inquisition-style heretic-hunting later manifested across the spectrum of twentieth-century totalitarianism. An exceptionally wide-ranging work! The New Inquisitions begins with early Christianity! and traces heretic-hunting as a phenomenon through the middle ages and right into the twentieth century! showing how the same inquisitional modes of thought recur both on the political Left and on the political Right. Zusammenfassung Shows the connections between heretic hunting in early and medieval Christianity and the emergence of totalitarianism in the 20th century. This book traces heretic-hunting as a phenomenon through the middle ages and the 20th century, showing how the same inquisitional modes of thought recur both on the political Left and on the political Right.

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• Authors: Arthur Versluis, Arthur (Professor of Writing Versluis, Versluis Arthur
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.07.2006
• EAN: 9780195306378
• ISBN: 978-0-19-530637-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 241 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Politisches System: Totalitarismus und Diktatur, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism, RELIGION / History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, HISTORY / World, Politics / Current Events, General & world history, History of Religion, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, General and world history, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship