Totalitarianism, Democracy, and Liberty
ABSTRACT
Using a mix of primary and secondary source material, this conference considered what the term “totalitarianism” actually described and whether it continued to represent a threat to liberal, constitutional, democracies.
READING LIST
Conference Readings
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Havel, Vaclav, “Anti-Political Politics” In Civil Society and the State, edited by John Keane, 381-398. London: Verso, 1988.
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Milosz, Czeslaw. The Captive Mind. New York: Vintage, 1990.
Nisbet, Robert, “The New Despotism” In The Politicization of Society, edited by K.S.Templeton, Jr., 169-183, 196-207. Indianapolis: Liberty Press, 1977.
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Parker, I. “Obeying Orders.” The Sunday Telegraph Magazine (October 2000): 19, 21, 23-25.
Rupnik, Jacques, “Totalitarianism Revisited” In Civil Society and the State, edited by John Keane, 263-290. London: Verso, 1988.
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Tocqueville, Alexis de. Democracy in America (De la Démocratie en Amérique). Edited by Eduardo Nolla. Translated by James T. Schleifer. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2009.
Voegelin, Eric. The New Science of Politics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
Zizek, Slavoj. Did Somebody say Totalitarianism? London: Verso, 2001.