The Future That Failed: Origins and Destinies of the Soviet Model

ISBN-13: 9780415062268 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 256 str.

Johann Arnason; Johann P. Arnason

Opis

This book aims to link the Communist experience to the theoretical debates on modernity. The most influential theories of modernity have taken surprisingly little interest in the problematic of Soviet-type societies, and recent events have highlighted the lack of conceptual framework for the interpretation of their history.

Spis treści

I Introduction: Theoretical Perspectives II Sources And Components 1. State formation and state tradition 2. Revolutionary imagination and revolutionary strategy 3. Social revolution and imperial modernization III The Model And Its Variants 1. The totalitarian project 2. Expansion, reproduction and reform 3. The Western Periphery 4. The Eastern Arena IV Crisis and Collapse 1. Visions of breakdown 2. From expansion to extinction

O autorze

Johann P. Arnason