Pre-modernity, totalitarianism and the non-banality of evil a comparison of Germany, Spain, Sweden and France
This book provides a comparative and historical analysis of totalitarianism and considers why Spain became totalitarian during its inquisition but not France; and why Germany became totalitarian during the previous century, but not Sweden. The author pushes the concept of totalitarianism back into t...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cham, Switzerland
Palgrave Macmillan
2019
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | This book provides a comparative and historical analysis of totalitarianism and considers why Spain became totalitarian during its inquisition but not France; and why Germany became totalitarian during the previous century, but not Sweden. The author pushes the concept of totalitarianism back into the pre-modern period and challenges Hannah Arendts notion of the banality of evil. Instead, he presents an alternative framework that can explain why some states become totalitarian and why they induce people to commit evil acts |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | ix, 303 pages 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9783030281946 978-3-030-28194-6 3030281949 3-030-28194-9 |