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New World Disorder: The Leninist Extinction
Ken Jowitt
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Description for New World Disorder: The Leninist Extinction
Paperback. Identifies and interprets the extraordinary character of Leninist regimes, their political corruption, extinction, and highly unsettling legacy. This study includes essays that reject the fundamental assumptions about social change which inform the work of modernization theorists. Num Pages: 345 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JPFC; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Communism, or as Ken Jowitt prefers, Leninism, has attracted, repelled, mystified, and terrified millions for nearly a century. In his brilliant, timely, and controversial study, "New World Disorder", Jowitt identifies and interprets the extraordinary character of Leninist regimes, their political corruption, extinction, and highly unsettling legacy. Earlier attempts to grasp the essence of Leninism have treated the Soviet experience as either a variant of or alien to Western history, an approach that robs Leninism of much of its intriguing novelty. Jowitt instead takes a 'polytheist' approach, Weberian in tenor and terms, comparing the Leninist to the liberal experience in the ... Read more
Communism, or as Ken Jowitt prefers, Leninism, has attracted, repelled, mystified, and terrified millions for nearly a century. In his brilliant, timely, and controversial study, "New World Disorder", Jowitt identifies and interprets the extraordinary character of Leninist regimes, their political corruption, extinction, and highly unsettling legacy. Earlier attempts to grasp the essence of Leninism have treated the Soviet experience as either a variant of or alien to Western history, an approach that robs Leninism of much of its intriguing novelty. Jowitt instead takes a 'polytheist' approach, Weberian in tenor and terms, comparing the Leninist to the liberal experience in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
345
Condition
New
Number of Pages
345
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520082724
SKU
V9780520082724
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About Ken Jowitt
Ken Jowitt is Professor of Political Science and University Distinguished Teacher at the University of California, Berkeley.
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