Totalitarianism and Political Religion

Released on by A. Gregor
preview-18

  • Totalitarianism and Political Religion Book Detail

  • Author : A. Gregor
  • Release Date : 2012-03-07
  • Publisher : Stanford University Press
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 317
  • ISBN 13 : 0804783683
  • File Size : 3,3 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Totalitarianism and Political Religion by A. Gregor PDF Summary

Book Description: 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 as secular faith in the nineteenth-century ideologies of Ludwig Feuerbach, Moses Hess, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Giuseppe Mazzini, and Richard Wagner. He follows the growth of those seeds as the twentieth century became host to Leninism and Stalinism, Italian Fascism, and German National Socialism—each a totalitarian institution and a political religion.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Totalitarianism and Political Religion books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.