Totalitarianism and Political Religions, Volume II - Concepts for the Comparison of Dictatorships

Informationen zum Autor Hans Maier, Michael Schäfer Klappentext Totalitarianism and Political Religions, Volume II, available for the first time in English translation, features contributions from leading scholars of political extremism, sociology and modern history. Based upon a seminal conference on political religions, edited by eminent Professor Hans Maier, the book seeks to define the term and explore its application to the interpretation of a wide variety of totalitarian movements in Europe in the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung We are used to distinguishing the despotic regimes of the twentieth century - Communism, Fascism, Maoism - precisely according to place and time, origins and influences. But what should we call that which they have in common? This volume shows how models for understanding political history arose from the experience of modern despotic regimes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Part 1: Presentations and discussions papers 1. Introduction Hans Maier 2. ‘Religious Faith’ in National Socialism Claus Vondung 3. Discussion of Chapter 2 4. Liturgy in the Service of Power: the National Socialist Cult of the Dead as a secularised Christian paschal celebration Hansjakob Becker 5. Discussion of Chapter 4 6. Marxism-Leninism as political religion Klaus-Georg Riegel 7. Discussion of Chapter 6 8. Communist Faith and World-Explanatory Doctrine – a philosophical analysis Peter Ehlen 9. Discussion of Chapter 8 10. National Socialism as a political religion Hans Mommsen 11. Concluding Discussions Part 2: Contributions to Research 12. Alfred Rosenberg’s Mythus des 20 Jahrhundrets as Political Religion: The ‘kingdom of heaven within us’ as a foundation of German national racial identity Claus-Ekkehard Bärsch 13. ‘Political Religion’ – a religion? Some remarks on the concept of religion Mathias Behrens 14. Ideology, Sects, State and Totalitarianism: a general theory Peter Bernholz 15. ‘Political Religion’ – the potentials and limitations of a concept Hans Maier 16. Recalling the ‘Engaged Observer’ in Changed Times: on Raymond Aron as a theoretician of totalitarianism and the global nuclear situation Harald Seubert ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Hans (University of Munich Maier, Hans Schafer Maier, MAIER HANS SCHAFER MICHAEL
• Collaboration: Hans Maier (Editeur), Maier Hans (Editeur), Michael Schafer (Editeur), Michael Schäfer (Editeur), Jodi Bruhn (Traduction), Bruhn Jodi (Traduction)
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 21.12.2007
• EAN: 9780415447058
• ISBN: 978-0-415-44705-8
• Pages: 352
• Thèmes: Totalitarianism Movements and Political Religions; Totalitarianism Movements and Political Religions
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Religion: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship