Fascism and Communism (European Horizons)
by François Furet (Author), Ernst Nolte
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In his major work on communism, the international bestseller The Passing of an Illusion, the eminent French historian François Furet devoted a lengthy footnote to German historian Ernst Nolte's interpretation of fascism. Nolte responded, a correspondence ensued, and the result was the remarkable exchange presented in this volume. Fascism and Communism offers readers the rare opportunity to witness and learn from a confrontation between two of the world's most distinguished historians over show more one of the most serious subjects of our time. Each from a different perspective, Furet and Nolte offer compelling arguments for the common genealogy of these two ideologies as well as reasons for the intellectual community's rejection of this explosive thesis throughout the twentieth century. This discussion leads to a deeper understanding of the nature of totalitarianism as well as the trajectory and interpretation of modern European history. show lessTags
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Ernst Nolte was born in Witten, Germany on January 11, 1923. After being excused from military service in 1941 because of a deformed hand, he studied philosophy, philology and Greek at the Universities of Münster, Berlin and Freiburg. His doctoral thesis was on Karl Marx. He taught at the University of Marburg from 1965 to 1973 and at the Free show more University until he retired in 1991. He wrote several books during his lifetime including Three Faces of Fascism, Germany and the Cold War, and Historical Thinking in the 20th Century. In 2000, he received the Konrad Adenauer Prize for literature. He died on August 18, 2016 at the age of 93. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 335.43 — Society, government, & culture Economics Socialism and related systems Marxian systems Communism
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- JC481 .F88 — Political Science Political theory Political theory. The state. Theories of the state Forms of the state
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