Ideological Storms
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Ideological Storms: Intellectuals, Dictators, and the Totalitarian Temptation

Ideological Storms: Intellectuals, Dictators, and the Totalitarian Temptation


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This volume gathers authors who wrote important works in the fields of the history of ideologies, the comparative study of dictatorships, and intellectual history. The book is a state of the art reassessment and analysis of the ideological commitments of intellectuals and their relationships with dictatorships during the twentieth century. The contributions focus on turning points or moments of breakage as well as on the continuities. Though its focus is on an East–West comparison in Europe, there are texts also dealing with Latin America, China, and the Middle East giving the book a global outlook.  The first part of the book deals with intellectuals' involvement with communist regimes or parties; the second looks at the persistence of utopianism in the trajectory of intellectuals who had been associated earlier in their lives with either communism or fascism; the third tackles intellectuals' role in national imaginations from either the left or the right; and, the fourth ties late twentieth century phenomena to current phenomena such as the persistence of anti-Semitism in the West, the slow erosion of the values upon which the EU is built, the quagmire in Iraq, and China's rise in the post-Cold War era. The collection provides a comprehensive big-picture of intellectual genealogies and dictatorial developments.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Vladimir Tismaneanu and Bogdan C. Iacob Part One: Intellectuals and Communism in Europe 1. Illusions of Influence and the Mystique of Power: The Fellow-Travelers and Stalin as Philosopher-King Michael David-Fox 2. Stalin and the Muse of History: The Dictator and His Critics on the Editing of the 1938 'Short Course' David Brandenberger 3. Resisting the Totalitarian Temptation: The Case of Ignazio Silone Stanislao G. Pugliese 4. Greek Intellectuals and the Fascination with Communism: The Graft that Did Not Blossom (1924–1949) Nikos Marantzidis 5. Shadows of Paradise: Romanian Intellectuals and the Soviet Union Angelo Mitchievici 6. National Rebirth, Intellectuals, and the Rise of the Communist Regime in Romania (1944–1947) Bodan C. Iacob Part Two: Revolution and Utopia 7. Dictators and Intellectuals: Attractions and Affinities Paul Hollander 8. A "Beautiful" Dream: Mussolini's Delirium of Omnipotence and the Aesthetics of the Sublime Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi 9. The Metapolitics of Despair: Romania's Mystical Generation and the Passions of Emil Cioran Vladimir Tismaneanu 10. Arthur Koestler and the Temptations of Utopianism Michael Scammell 11. Radical Engagements: Surrealism, Art, and Politics in Interwar Romania Marius Stan Part Three: Visions of the Nation in Eastern Europe 12. Ion Antonescu: The Temptation of Fascism Dennis Deletant 12. Ethnopolitical Temptations Reach Southeastern Europe: Wartime Policy Papers of Vasa Čubrilović and Sabin Manuilă Vladimir Petrović 13. Czech Communist Intellectuals and the National Road to Socialism Michal Kopeček 14. Party Intellectuals and Romanian National Stalinism Cristian Vasile Part Four: Lessons at the Turn of a Century 15. At War with Israel: Anti-Zionism in East Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s Jeffrey Herf 16. The Pathology of Arab Dictatorship: Memories of Saddam Hussein Adeed Dawisha 17. Calming the Ideological Storms? Reflections on Cold War Liberalism Jan-Werner Müller 18. Fear and Freedom in Contemporary China Jeffrey Wasserstrom Epilogue. Political Innocence and Its Modeso Mark Lilla Contributors Index

About the Author :
Bogdan C. Iacob is Post Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Exeter. Vladimir Tismaneanu is Professor of politics and Director of the Center for the Study of Post-communist Societies at University of Maryland (College Park).

Review :
"Ideological Storms showcases prominent, established, and regionally well-known scholars based in the US and Europe. The volume contributes to the study of totalitarian regimes, intellectual history and the history of ideas in Eastern Europe. Enthusiasts of intellectual history will truly enjoy this collection, the new take on better known and hitherto underexplored case studies; and those curious to explore the 'Ideological Storms' of Europe’s mid-twentieth century will find much inspiration." https://www.comparativ.net/v2/issue/view/168


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  • ISBN-13: 9789633863046
  • Publisher: Central European University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Central European University Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Intellectuals, Dictators, and the Totalitarian Temptation
  • ISBN-10: 963386304X
  • Publisher Date: 12 Jun 2019
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 548


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