1st Edition
Alternatives to Democracy in Twentieth-Century Europe Collectivist Visions of Modernity
Edited By Sabrina P. Ramet
Copyright 2019
492 Pages
by
Central European University Press
492 Pages
by
Central European University Press
Alternatives to Democracy in Twentieth-Century Europe examines the historical examples of Soviet Communism, Italian Fascism, German Nazism, and Spanish Anarchism, suggesting that, in spite of their differences, they had some key features in common, in particular their shared hostility to individualism, representative government, laissez faire capitalism, and the decadence they associated with... Read more
Acknowledgments, Preface, Chapter 1. Rival Visions of Alternative Modernity: An Introduction, Chapter 2. An Evolving Vision of an Alternative Modernity: Soviet Communism, Chapter 3. The Quest for an Alternative Modernity: Fascism and Nazism, Part I, Chapter 4. The Quest for an Alternative Modernity: Fascism and Nazism, Part II, Chapter 5. The Quest for Freedom and Solidarity: Anarchism in Spain, Chapter 6. Epilogue. In Defense of Liberal Democracy—and a Warning, Glossary, Further Reading, About the Author, Name index, Subject index
Biography
Sabrina P. Ramet is a Professor of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. She is also a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and a Research Associate of the Science and Research Center of the Republic of Slovenia, Koper. She is the author of 13 scholarly books.
