Ideokratien im Vergleich

Legitimation – Kooptation – Repression

Contributions by Peter Bernholz Contributions by Wolfgang Bialas Contributions by Lothar Fritze Contributions by Johannes Gerschewski Contributions by Christian Göbel Contributions by Udo Grashoff Contributions by Roger Griffin Contributions by Hermann Lübbe Contributions by Leonid Luks Contributions by Jerzy Macków Contributions by Lorenzo Santoro Contributions by Manfred G. Schmidt Contributions by Peter Thiery Contributions by Jiwon Yoon Edited by Uwe Backes Edited by Steffen Kailitz

Book cover: Ideokratien im Vergleich

Extent: 406 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Social Sciences , Twentieth- & Twenty-First- Century History

Series: Schriften des Hannah-Arendt-Instituts fur Totalitarismusforschung

Series volume number: 51

Language: German

Hardback (Out of print)

(December 2013)

ISBN: 9783525369623

6.69 x 9.65 inches

Price: $119.00

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English summary: Ideocracies (or: ideological dictatorships) such as the “Third Reich”, the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China have much more than any other kinds of autocracy characterized the history of the 20th century. Despite their undeniable loss of significance, they have not disappeared from the world in the 21st century, for example China, Cuba or North Korea. By way of case studies and systematic comparisons the authors of this volume, political scientists, sociologists, philosophers and historians, shed light on the specific ways of functioning of ideocracies. In the focus of their attention there is the typical interplay of legitimation, cooptation and repression when autocratic elites are struggling to stabilize their rule. German description: Ideokratien, oder Weltanschauungsdiktaturen, wie das Dritte Reich, die Sowjetunion und die Volksrepublik China pragten die Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts weit starker als alle anderen Autokratieformen. Trotz des unleugbaren Bedeutungsverlusts sind sie im 21. Jahrhundert nicht von der Weltbuhne verschwunden, blickt man etwa auf China, Kuba oder Nordkorea. Die Autoren des Bandes, Politikwissenschaftler, Soziologen, Philosophen und Historiker, beleuchten die spezifische Funktionsweise von Ideokratien in Fallstudien und systematischen Vergleichen. Im Zentrum der Aufmerksamkeit steht das charakteristische Wechselspiel von Legitimation, Kooptation und Repression beim Ringen autokratischer Eliten um Herrschaftsstabilisierung.

  • Contributions by Peter Bernholz
  • Contributions by Wolfgang Bialas
  • Contributions by Lothar Fritze
  • Contributions by Johannes Gerschewski
  • Contributions by Christian Göbel
  • Contributions by Udo Grashoff
  • Contributions by Roger Griffin
  • Contributions by Hermann Lübbe
  • Contributions by Leonid Luks
  • Contributions by Jerzy Macków
  • Contributions by Lorenzo Santoro
  • Contributions by Manfred G. Schmidt
  • Contributions by Peter Thiery
  • Contributions by Jiwon Yoon
  • Edited by Uwe Backes
  • Edited by Steffen Kailitz