"Revolution and Dictatorship explores why dictatorships born of social revolution--such as those in China, Cuba, Iran, the Soviet Union, and Vietnam--are extraordinarily durable, even in the face of economic crisis, large-scale policy failure, mass discontent, and intense extern…
Published essays
by Sandoz, Ellis, Voegelin, Eric
fromThe collected works of Eric Voegelin
Totalitarian science -- Transformationist visions -- The physical sciences under totalitarian regimes -- Technology and politics in totalitarian regimes.
Chronicles the rise of authoritarianism from Russia to Europe and America in the post-Cold War years, tracing how, in the aftermath of celebrations predicting a peaceful and globalized future, Putin developed a power-consolidating political system that has spread throughout the …
In this forceful and unsparing work of contemporary history, Timothy Snyder goes beyond the headlines to expose the true nature of the threat to democracy. By showcasing the stark choices before us - between equality or oligarchy, individuality or totality, truth and falsehood -…