Author : Peter Bernholz
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319569074
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)
Book Synopsis Totalitarianism, Terrorism and Supreme Values by : Peter Bernholz
Download or read book Totalitarianism, Terrorism and Supreme Values written by Peter Bernholz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-31 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applying a rational choice perspective, this book presents a dynamic theory of the evolution of totalitarian regimes and terrorism. By demonstrating that totalitarian regimes rest on ideologies involving supreme values that are assumed to be absolutely true, the author identifies the factors that lead to totalitarian regimes, and those that transform or abolish those regimes with time. The author addresses different ideologies, such as National Socialism, Communism, and religious movements; examines numerous historical cases of totalitarian regimes; and develops a formal, mathematical model of totalitarianism in the book’s closing chapter.