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4 1 Why Should We Care about Totalitarianism? A new political phenomenon The range of totalitarianism Grounds for doubt about the category The scope for learning from experience Notes
5 2 The Career of a Concept As understood by insiders at the time As a critical and analytical concept The quest for deep historical roots George Orwell’s dystopia The ongoing influence of Hannah Arendt Friedrich and Brzezinski: the political science approach Robert Jay Lifton and thought reform in communist China Herbert Marcuse and the wider use of totalitarianism The testimony of opponents and victims Moralism and overuse Recent defenders and recasters Notes
6 3 Totalitarian Trajectories During the Era of the Two World Wars Recasting the category Fascist Italy The communist experiment in the Soviet Union Nazi Germany From the earlier to the later cases Notes
7 4 Movements and Regimes since World War II The waning of communism in the Soviet bloc Beyond Europe: the Chinese communist experiment Radical Islam or “Islamism” The Islamic Republic of Iran Notes
8 5 The Future of Totalitarianism Neo-fascism and populism Vladimir Putin’s Russia China under Xi Jinping The Islamic world The scope for further totalitarian departures The totalitarian potential of new technologies Adjusting the concept in light of new experience Relating to totalitarians and learning from experience Notes
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