collectors copy - unread - like new In this collection world-renowned scholars of Bolshevism and world communism analyze the human costs of the Bolshevik Revolution its contribution to the spread of totalitarianism and the responses it inspired among American and Western intellectuals. Together their essays constitute a profound refusal of the poesy of totalitarianism that is based on sober research and detailed analysis of the limits of utopian politics and the dangers of cruel ideologies based in the cosmetic aesthetic of moral perfectionism and lyric intoxication. This study provides an accurate and succinct depiction of the nature of Bolshevism and its consequences in light of several decades of research including former Soviet archival materials and American intelligence such as the Venona files. | Pages: 0.

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Title: The Totalitarian Legacy of the Bolshevik Revolution
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication Date: 2019
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1793605335
ISBN 13: 9781793605337
Binding: Hardcover/Hardback
Condition: Fine

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In this collection, world-renowned scholars of Bolshevism and world communism analyze the human costs of the Bolshevik Revolution, its contribution to the spread of totalitarianism, and the responses it inspired among American and Western intellectuals. Together, their essays constitute a profound refusal of the poesy of totalitarianism that is based on sober research and detailed analysis of the limits of utopian politics and the dangers of cruel ideologies based in the cosmetic aesthetic of moral perfectionism and lyric intoxication. This study provides an accurate and succinct depiction of the nature of Bolshevism and its consequences in light of several decades of research, including former Soviet archival materials and American intelligence such as the Venona files.

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Alexander Riley is professor of sociology at Bucknell University.

Alfred Kentigern Siewers is associate professor of English at Bucknell University.

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