Aleksandras Shtromas

Totalitarianism and the Prospects for World Order

Closing the Door on the Twentieth Century
Herausgeber: Faulkner, Robert; Mahoney, Daniel J.

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Produktbeschreibung

A remarkably prescient thinker, Aleksandras Shtromas devoted his life to understanding totalitarianism and political change. This posthumous collection of writings, edited by Robert Faulkner and Daniel J. Mahoney, addresses some of the topics that preoccupied Shtromas throughout his life, including totalitarian regimes, postcommunist transitions, the fates of the Baltic states, and the nature of political revolutions.

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Produktdetails

• Applications of Political Theory
• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 514
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 979g
• ISBN-13: 9780739105337
• ISBN-10: 0739105337
• Artikelnr.: 21036797

Autorenporträt

By Aleksandras Shtromas - Edited by Daniel J. Mahoney and Robert Faulkner

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Editors' Introduction Part 2 Autobiographical Reflections Part 3
Looking Back at the Main Challenges of the Twentieth Century Chapter 4 The
Jewish and Gentile Experience of the Holocaust: A Personal Perspective
Chapter 5 Making Sense of Stalin Chapter 6 Marxism-Leninism in the USSR
Chapter 7 To Fight Communism: Why and How? Chapter 8 The Inevitable
Collapse of Socialism Chapter 9 Dissent, Nationalism, and the Soviet Future
Chapter 10 On Totalitarianism and the Prospects for Institutionalized
Revolution in the USSR and China Chapter 11 Ideology and Conflict: Does
Warfare Betwen "Isms" Belong to Past History? Part 12 Post-Communist
Transitions Chapter 13 The Transition to a Free market System: The
Hillsdale Plan and the Other Plans Chapter 14 What Should Be the Next Stage
in the Process of Russian Reform? Chapter 15 To Expand Beyond Enlargement:
A Few Thoughts on Preserving NATO's Original Identity without Hindering Its
Transformation into a Euro-Atlantic Collective Security System Part 16 The
Baltic Pendulum Chapter 17 The Soviet Method of Conquest of the Baltic
States: Lessons for the West Chapter 18 The Baltic States as Soviet
Republics: Tensions and Contradictions Chapter 19 How Political are the
Social Movements in the Baltic Republics? Part 20 Theoretical and Practical
Considerations on Revolution and Political Change Chapter 21 How
Revolutions Proceed Chapter 22 Political Change and Political Collapse Part
23 Looking Toward the Challenges for the Next Century Chapter 24 The
Strategy for Peace in a Changing World Chapter 25 The Future World Order
and the Right of Nations to Self-Determination and Sovereignty Chapter 26
What is Peace and How Could It Be Achieved? Chapter 27 Nations, States, and
World Peace: Rejoinder Chapter 28 Competing Identities as Shapers of
Personal Political Consciousness: The "Collective Self" on the Eve of the
Twenty-First Century Chapter 29 Universal Values vs. Local Preferences and
Guilt Complexes in Transition to Global Education

Rezensionen

This collection does justice to the intellectual legacy of one of the pre-emiinent thinkers of the twentieth century. Political Studies Review Totalitarianism and the Prospects for World Order is...an impressive intellectual autobiography of a very interesting man. For those wishing to explore his work further, the book concludes with a complete bibliography. Alexander Shtromas's insight, scholarship, and defense of human rights and human dignity will be missed by the profession. The Russian Review