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010			_a 2019038605
020			_a9781509532391 (hbk.)
020			_a1509532390 (hbk.)
020			_a9781509532407 (pbk.)
020			_a1509532404 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)1119747312
050			_aJC480 _b.R64 2020
100	1		_aRoberts, David D., _d1943-
245	1	0	_aTotalitarianism / _cDavid D. Roberts.
260			_aCambridge, U.K. : _bPolity Press, _c2020.
300			_a170 p.
490	1		_aKey concepts in political theory
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p.[150]-162) and index.
505	0		_aWhy Should We Care about Totalitarianism? -- The Career of a Concept -- Totalitarian Trajectories During the Era of the Two World Wars -- Movements and Regimes Since World War II -- The Future of Totalitarianism.
520			_a"Less than a century old, the concept of totalitarianism is one of the most controversial in political theory, with some proposing to abandon it altogether. In this accessible, wide-ranging introduction, David Roberts addresses the grounds for skepticism and shows that appropriately recast--as an aspiration and direction, rather than a system of domination--totalitarianism is essential for understanding the modern political universe. Surveying the career of the concept from the 1920s to today, Roberts shows how it might better be applied to the three "classic" regimes of Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and the Stalinist Soviet Union. Extending totalitarianism's reach into the twenty-first century, he then examines how Communist China, Vladimir Putin's Russia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS), and the threat of the technological "surveillance state" can be conceptualized in the totalitarian tradition. Roberts shows that although the term has come to have overwhelmingly negative connotations, some have enthusiastically pursued a totalitarian direction--and not simply for power, control, or domination." --
650		4	_aTotalitarianism.
650		4	_aTotalitarianism _xHistory.
830		0	_aKey concepts in political theory.
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