Johann P. Arnason

The Future That Failed (eBook, PDF)

Origins and Destinies of the Soviet Model

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This outstanding book deals with the Soviet model as a distinctive pattern of modernity. Its historical background and its institutional structure are thoroughly examined as are its implications for understanding Modernity. The book challenges many of the simple assumptions and judgements made about the Soviet road. It is essential reading for students of Political Science, Sociology and Soviet History

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134925094
• Artikelnr.: 42718470

Autorenporträt

Johann P. Arnason

Inhaltsangabe

I Introduction: Theoretical Perspectives II Sources And Components 1. State
formation and state tradition 2. Revolutionary imagination and
revolutionary strategy 3. Social revolution and imperial modernization III
The Model And Its Variants 1. The totalitarian project 2. Expansion,
reproduction and reform 3. The Western Periphery 4. The Eastern Arena IV
Crisis and Collapse 1. Visions of breakdown 2. From expansion to extinction