Hannah Arendt, Totalitarianism, and the Social Sciences
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- Synopsis
- Baehr (social theory, Lingman U. , Hong Kong) critically reviews the debates between Hannah Arendt and her critics in the social sciences over her theory of totalitarianism and her critique of social science as being fundamentally unable to account for totalitarianism. Specifically, he examines the encounters between: Arendt and David Riesman over the limits of totalitarianism, Arendt and Raymond Aron over his idea that totalitarianism could be explained as an amplification of revolutionary ideology and violence, and Arendt and Jules Monnerot about the nature of "political religion. " He also addresses some of the theoretical implications of these debates for thinking about Islamic fundamentalism. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
- Copyright:
- 2010
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- ISBN-13:
- 9780804774215
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780804756501
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 05/16/17
- Copyrighted By:
- the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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