Theodor Tudoroiu

The Revolutionary Totalitarian Personality

Hitler, Mao, Castro, and Chávez

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Produktbeschreibung

This book uses the case studies of Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, and Hugo Chávez in order to introduce the concept of revolutionary totalitarian personality, and to show that this type of personality is decisive in choosing a totalitarian regime-building project and in shaping the ensuing totalitarian process.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-57794-1
• 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 306g
• ISBN-13: 9781349577941
• ISBN-10: 1349577944
• Artikelnr.: 54779881

Autorenporträt

Dr Theodor Tudoroiu earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the Université de Montréal, Canada. He is currently Lecturer at the Department of Political Science of the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine.   

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgements
Notes
1. The Personality of Political Leaders
2. The Tortuous Path to Glory
3. Revolutionary Leaders
4. Charismatic Leaders
5. Totalitarian Leaders
6. International Leaders
7. The Narcissist and His Other Disorders
8. The Revolutionary Totalitarian Personality
9. Testing the Model: the Revolutionary Totalitarian Characteristics of Hugo Chávez
Conclusion
Index

Rezensionen

"Tudoroiu (Univ. of West Indies at St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago) offers a conceptual framework in political psychology that explains the rise of totalitarian political regimes around the globe. He introduces the concept of revolutionary totalitarian personality as part of authoritarian personality literature. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." (S. Mitropolitski, Choice, Vol. 54 (2), October, 2016)