Totalitarianism and Political Religion : an Intellectual History.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gregor, A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Fascism > History.
National socialism.
Religion and politics > History.
Totalitarianism > History.
Fascisme > Histoire.
Nazisme.
Religion et politique > Histoire.
Totalitarisme > Histoire.
National Socialism.
Fascism
National socialism
Religion and politics
Totalitarianism
Totalitära stater.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Hegelians after Hegel; Chapter 3: Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx: History as Religion; Chapter 4: Leninism: Revolution as Religion; Chapter 5: Fascism: The Antecedents; Chapter 6: Fascism: The State as Religion; Chapter 7: The Religiopolitical Background of National Socialism; Chapter 8: National Socialism: Race as Religion; Chapter 9: Consolidation and Decay; Chapter 10: Conclusions and Speculations; Index.

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