Totalitarianism and Political Religion: An Intellectual History
A. Gregor
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Hardback. An intellectual history of the rise and influence of political religion in the political life of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
The totalitarian systems that arose in the twentieth century presented themselves as secular. Yet, as A. James Gregor argues in this book, they themselves functioned as religions. He presents an intellectual history of the rise of these political religions, tracing a set of ideas that include belief that a certain text contains impeccable truths; notions of infallible, charismatic leadership; and the promise of human redemption through strict obedience, selfless sacrifice, total dedication, and unremitting labor.
Gregor provides unique insight into the variants of Marxism, Fascism, and National Socialism that dominated our immediate past. He explores the seeds of totalitarianism ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804781305
SKU
V9780804781305
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About A. Gregor
A. James Gregor is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, and Adjunct Professor at the Marine Corps University at Quantico, Virginia. He is author of thirty books, most recently Marxism, Fascism, and Totalitarianism: Chapters in the Intellectual History of Radicalism (Stanford 2008).
Reviews for Totalitarianism and Political Religion: An Intellectual History
"The current volume eloquently and persuasively charts the evolution of the intellectual ideas that animated the "political religions" (p. 5) of the totalitarian systems of the twentieth century . . . Gregor's argument is deployed step-by-step and chronologically through two centuries of intellectual thought in measured and accretive fashion . . . This is must reading for anyone interested in ... Read more