Author: Jacob L. Talmon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351503928
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 659
Book Description
In what may well rank as the finest political and intellectual history of the twentieth century, the late J. L. Talmon explores the origins of the schism within European society between the totalitarians of Right and Left as well as the split between an acceptance of the historical national community as the natural political and social framework and the vision of a socialist society achieved by a universal revolutionary breakthrough. This, the third and final volume of Talmon's history of the modern world, brings to bear the resources of his incisive scholarship to examine the workings of the ironies of totalitarianism as well as the resources of democracy.
Myth of the Nation and Vision of Revolution
Author: Jacob L. Talmon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351503928
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 659
Book Description
In what may well rank as the finest political and intellectual history of the twentieth century, the late J. L. Talmon explores the origins of the schism within European society between the totalitarians of Right and Left as well as the split between an acceptance of the historical national community as the natural political and social framework and the vision of a socialist society achieved by a universal revolutionary breakthrough. This, the third and final volume of Talmon's history of the modern world, brings to bear the resources of his incisive scholarship to examine the workings of the ironies of totalitarianism as well as the resources of democracy.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351503928
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 659
Book Description
In what may well rank as the finest political and intellectual history of the twentieth century, the late J. L. Talmon explores the origins of the schism within European society between the totalitarians of Right and Left as well as the split between an acceptance of the historical national community as the natural political and social framework and the vision of a socialist society achieved by a universal revolutionary breakthrough. This, the third and final volume of Talmon's history of the modern world, brings to bear the resources of his incisive scholarship to examine the workings of the ironies of totalitarianism as well as the resources of democracy.
Myth of the Nation and Vision of Revolution
Author: Jacob Leib Ṭalmôn
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 9781412848992
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
In what may well rank as the finest political and intellectual history of the twentieth century, the late J. L. Talmon explores the origins of the schism within European society between the totalitarians of Right and Left as well as the split between an acceptance of the historical national community as the natural political and social framework and the vision of a socialist society achieved by a universal revolutionary breakthrough. This, the third and final volume of Talmon's history of the modern world, brings to bear the resources of his incisive scholarship to examine the workings of the ironies of totalitarianism as well as the resources of democracy.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 9781412848992
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
In what may well rank as the finest political and intellectual history of the twentieth century, the late J. L. Talmon explores the origins of the schism within European society between the totalitarians of Right and Left as well as the split between an acceptance of the historical national community as the natural political and social framework and the vision of a socialist society achieved by a universal revolutionary breakthrough. This, the third and final volume of Talmon's history of the modern world, brings to bear the resources of his incisive scholarship to examine the workings of the ironies of totalitarianism as well as the resources of democracy.
Myth of the Nation and Vision of Revolution
Author: Jacob Leib Talmon
Publisher: Transaction Pub
ISBN: 9780887388446
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
In what may well rank as the finest political and intellectual history of the twentieth century, the late J. L. Talmon explores the origins of the schism within European society between the totalitarians of Right and Left as well as the split between an acceptance of the historical national community as the natural political and social framework and the vision of a socialist society achieved by a universal revolutionary breakthrough. This, the third and final volume of Talmon's history of the modern world, brings to bear the resources of his incisive scholarship to examine the workings of the ironies of totalitarianism as well as the resources of democracy.
Publisher: Transaction Pub
ISBN: 9780887388446
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
In what may well rank as the finest political and intellectual history of the twentieth century, the late J. L. Talmon explores the origins of the schism within European society between the totalitarians of Right and Left as well as the split between an acceptance of the historical national community as the natural political and social framework and the vision of a socialist society achieved by a universal revolutionary breakthrough. This, the third and final volume of Talmon's history of the modern world, brings to bear the resources of his incisive scholarship to examine the workings of the ironies of totalitarianism as well as the resources of democracy.
Myths America Lives By
Author: Richard T. Hughes
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252050800
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Six myths lie at the heart of the American experience. Taken as aspirational, four of those myths remind us of our noblest ideals, challenging us to realize our nation's promise while galvanizing the sense of hope and unity we need to reach our goals. Misused, these myths allow for illusions of innocence that fly in the face of white supremacy, the primal American myth that stands at the heart of all the others.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252050800
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Six myths lie at the heart of the American experience. Taken as aspirational, four of those myths remind us of our noblest ideals, challenging us to realize our nation's promise while galvanizing the sense of hope and unity we need to reach our goals. Misused, these myths allow for illusions of innocence that fly in the face of white supremacy, the primal American myth that stands at the heart of all the others.
The Myth of the Nation and the Vision of Revolution
Author: Jacob Leib Talmon
Publisher: London : Secker & Warburg ; Berkeley : University of California Press
ISBN: 9780436513992
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
In what may well rank as the finest political and intellectual history of the twentieth century, the late J. L. Talmon explores the origins of the schism within European society between the totalitarians of Right and Left as well as the split between an acceptance of the historical national community as the natural political and social framework and the vision of a socialist society achieved by a universal revolutionary breakthrough. This, the third and final volume of Talmon's history of the modern world, brings to bear the resources of his incisive scholarship to examine the workings of the ironies of totalitarianism as well as the resources of democracy.
Publisher: London : Secker & Warburg ; Berkeley : University of California Press
ISBN: 9780436513992
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
In what may well rank as the finest political and intellectual history of the twentieth century, the late J. L. Talmon explores the origins of the schism within European society between the totalitarians of Right and Left as well as the split between an acceptance of the historical national community as the natural political and social framework and the vision of a socialist society achieved by a universal revolutionary breakthrough. This, the third and final volume of Talmon's history of the modern world, brings to bear the resources of his incisive scholarship to examine the workings of the ironies of totalitarianism as well as the resources of democracy.
Jacob L. Talmon
Author: Professor David Ohana
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 178284211X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Isaiah Berlin, in his "Tribute to a Friend", wrote about the historian Jacob L. Talmon (1916-1980): "No matter what his theoretical interests were, or the topics on which he was lecturing or writing, his deepest concern was with the Jewish people, its history, its religious, moral and social values, its place among the nations, its future in Israel and the diaspora." These words capture the essence of Talmon's political essays presented in Mission and Testimony. Talmon was chosen by an international committee of scholars as one of the twenty major historians of the twentieth century, declaring that "his historiography was a convincing apologia for human freedom." He owes his fame primarily to his magnum opus, the trilogy that began with The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy (1952), continued with Political Messianism (1960) and concluded with The Myth of the Nation and the Vision of Revolution (1981). This edited collection of Talmon's essays comprises the following: Part I, "The Nature of Jewish history", deals with the Jewish presence in history, the universal significance of Jewish history, and the impact of Jewish intellectuals. Part II, "From Anti-Semitism to the Holocaust", concerns the anti-Semitic climate of opinion that led to the Holocaust. Part III depicts the regional and global situation of the State of Israel. In Part IV, "Intellectual and Political Debates", Talmon confronts intellectuals and statesmen such as Arnold Toynbee and Menachem Begin. Part V, "Profiles in History", depicts the intellectual portraits of the historian Lewis Namier and the physicist and champion of human rights Andrei Sakharov.
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 178284211X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Isaiah Berlin, in his "Tribute to a Friend", wrote about the historian Jacob L. Talmon (1916-1980): "No matter what his theoretical interests were, or the topics on which he was lecturing or writing, his deepest concern was with the Jewish people, its history, its religious, moral and social values, its place among the nations, its future in Israel and the diaspora." These words capture the essence of Talmon's political essays presented in Mission and Testimony. Talmon was chosen by an international committee of scholars as one of the twenty major historians of the twentieth century, declaring that "his historiography was a convincing apologia for human freedom." He owes his fame primarily to his magnum opus, the trilogy that began with The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy (1952), continued with Political Messianism (1960) and concluded with The Myth of the Nation and the Vision of Revolution (1981). This edited collection of Talmon's essays comprises the following: Part I, "The Nature of Jewish history", deals with the Jewish presence in history, the universal significance of Jewish history, and the impact of Jewish intellectuals. Part II, "From Anti-Semitism to the Holocaust", concerns the anti-Semitic climate of opinion that led to the Holocaust. Part III depicts the regional and global situation of the State of Israel. In Part IV, "Intellectual and Political Debates", Talmon confronts intellectuals and statesmen such as Arnold Toynbee and Menachem Begin. Part V, "Profiles in History", depicts the intellectual portraits of the historian Lewis Namier and the physicist and champion of human rights Andrei Sakharov.
Myths and Politics in Western Societies
Author: John Girling
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 9781412829274
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
""In an intriguing and provocative bookan important thesis. An important addition to libraries serving both academic and general readers."" --Choice
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 9781412829274
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
""In an intriguing and provocative bookan important thesis. An important addition to libraries serving both academic and general readers."" --Choice
The Myth of America's Decline: Politics, Economics, and a Half Century of False Prophecies
Author: Josef Joffe
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0871404494
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
"While it may be catnip for the media to play up America as a has-been, Josef Joffe, a ... German commentator and Stanford University academic, [proposes] that Declinism is not a cold-eyed diagnosis but a device in the style of the ancient prophets ... Gloom is a prophecy that must be believed so that it will turn out wrong. Joffe [posits that] 'economic miracles' that propelled the rising tide of challengers flounder against their own limits. Hardly confined to Europe alone, Declinism has also been an especially nifty career builder for American politicians, among them Kennedy, Nixon, and Reagan, who all rode into the White House by hawking 'the end is near'"--Dust jacket flap.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0871404494
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
"While it may be catnip for the media to play up America as a has-been, Josef Joffe, a ... German commentator and Stanford University academic, [proposes] that Declinism is not a cold-eyed diagnosis but a device in the style of the ancient prophets ... Gloom is a prophecy that must be believed so that it will turn out wrong. Joffe [posits that] 'economic miracles' that propelled the rising tide of challengers flounder against their own limits. Hardly confined to Europe alone, Declinism has also been an especially nifty career builder for American politicians, among them Kennedy, Nixon, and Reagan, who all rode into the White House by hawking 'the end is near'"--Dust jacket flap.
Myth of the Nation and Vision of Revolution
Author: Ignaz Goldziher
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138528567
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Part VIII: From Georges Sorel to Benito Mussolini -- Chapter I. The Legacy of Georges Sorel - Marxism, Violence, Fascism -- (I) The Heroic Leap -- (II) The Revolt Against Politics -- (III) Force, Terror and Renewal -- (IV) Between Marx and Mussolini -- (V) Nihilism: From Sorel to Valois -- Chapter II. Mussolini and the Fascist Denouement -- (I) He Peculiarities of Italy's past - Absence of an Italian National Myth -- (II) The Risorgimento-a "mutilated" Dream -- (III) In Quest for a Myth and Power -- (IV) The Manifest Destiny of Italy -- (V) War as Revolution -- (VI) Mussolini's Socialist Creed-revolution and Violence -- (VII) The Break with Internationalism -- (VIII) The Search for a Mission-from Social Messianism to Imperialism -- (IX) "The Doctrine of Fascism" -- (X) The Inadequacies of Democracy and Failures of Socialism -- (X) Imperium -- Part IX: The German Revolution of 1918 and Hitler in the Wings -- Chapter I. The Dilemmas of the German Revolution of 1918 -- (a) A Resentful Nation -- (b) A Problematic Democracy -- (c) Right or Wrong-my Revolution -- Chapter II. Hitler in the Wings -- (a) Damnosa Hereditas: The Viennese "granite Foundation*' of Hitler's Weltanschauung -- (b) Neurosis Becomes Murderous Madness -- (c) Beyond Nationalism? -- (d) The Led and Their Leader -- (e) The Distant Foundations -- (f) "Rome and Judaea" -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Index
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138528567
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Part VIII: From Georges Sorel to Benito Mussolini -- Chapter I. The Legacy of Georges Sorel - Marxism, Violence, Fascism -- (I) The Heroic Leap -- (II) The Revolt Against Politics -- (III) Force, Terror and Renewal -- (IV) Between Marx and Mussolini -- (V) Nihilism: From Sorel to Valois -- Chapter II. Mussolini and the Fascist Denouement -- (I) He Peculiarities of Italy's past - Absence of an Italian National Myth -- (II) The Risorgimento-a "mutilated" Dream -- (III) In Quest for a Myth and Power -- (IV) The Manifest Destiny of Italy -- (V) War as Revolution -- (VI) Mussolini's Socialist Creed-revolution and Violence -- (VII) The Break with Internationalism -- (VIII) The Search for a Mission-from Social Messianism to Imperialism -- (IX) "The Doctrine of Fascism" -- (X) The Inadequacies of Democracy and Failures of Socialism -- (X) Imperium -- Part IX: The German Revolution of 1918 and Hitler in the Wings -- Chapter I. The Dilemmas of the German Revolution of 1918 -- (a) A Resentful Nation -- (b) A Problematic Democracy -- (c) Right or Wrong-my Revolution -- Chapter II. Hitler in the Wings -- (a) Damnosa Hereditas: The Viennese "granite Foundation*' of Hitler's Weltanschauung -- (b) Neurosis Becomes Murderous Madness -- (c) Beyond Nationalism? -- (d) The Led and Their Leader -- (e) The Distant Foundations -- (f) "Rome and Judaea" -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Index
The French Revolution and the Russian Anti-Democratic Tradition
Author: Dmitry Å lÇpentoh
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 9781412823975
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The political uncertainty following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rejection of the revolutionary model has brought Russian political thought full circle as democratic forces contend with authoritarian nationalism. This volume is essential to understanding the antidemocratic tradition in Russia and the persistent danger of totalitarianism.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 9781412823975
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The political uncertainty following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rejection of the revolutionary model has brought Russian political thought full circle as democratic forces contend with authoritarian nationalism. This volume is essential to understanding the antidemocratic tradition in Russia and the persistent danger of totalitarianism.