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Communist Rhetoric as Official Practices of Discourse
Making Epideictic Arguments on Authority and National Identity
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Noemi Marin
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- INTRODUCTION: Why a 20th Century Exercise in the 21st Century 7
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PART ONE: FANTASIES OF SALVATION
- German Communism, the Jews, and Israel 27
- Euphoria to Decay 37
- Getting off the Red Tram of Socialism 55
- The Rise, Demise, and Pernicious Long-Term Impact of Soviet Communist Ideology in Russia 75
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PART TWO: ECONOMICS
- The Comparative Assessment of Communist and Post-Communist System Performance and Human Wellbeing 97
- Communist Economy 119
- Looking Back at the Soviet Economic Experience 141
- Incentives, Coercion, and Redistribution 155
- The Rise and Fall of the Planned Economy and Its Long-Lasting Effects on Transition 189
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PART THREE: POLITICS
- Romancing a Millenarian State 207
- Stalin, Tito, Djilas, and the Dialectical Quarrels of Post-war Europe 219
- China’s Enduring Leninist Toolkit 233
- Reductio ad Reaganum 249
- Ideology and Violence in Communist Venezuela 269
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PART FOUR: SOCIETY AND CULTURE
- Communist Rhetoric as Official Practices of Discourse 293
- Selective Repression and Democratic Opposition in Post-Totalitarian Hungary 313
- Lost in Protochronia: Ideological Dada in Ceaușescu’s Romania 335
- The Road to Liberation Theology 351
- Philosophical Lessons from the Bolshevik Experiment 367
- List of Contributors 379
- Index 385
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- INTRODUCTION: Why a 20th Century Exercise in the 21st Century 7
-
PART ONE: FANTASIES OF SALVATION
- German Communism, the Jews, and Israel 27
- Euphoria to Decay 37
- Getting off the Red Tram of Socialism 55
- The Rise, Demise, and Pernicious Long-Term Impact of Soviet Communist Ideology in Russia 75
-
PART TWO: ECONOMICS
- The Comparative Assessment of Communist and Post-Communist System Performance and Human Wellbeing 97
- Communist Economy 119
- Looking Back at the Soviet Economic Experience 141
- Incentives, Coercion, and Redistribution 155
- The Rise and Fall of the Planned Economy and Its Long-Lasting Effects on Transition 189
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PART THREE: POLITICS
- Romancing a Millenarian State 207
- Stalin, Tito, Djilas, and the Dialectical Quarrels of Post-war Europe 219
- China’s Enduring Leninist Toolkit 233
- Reductio ad Reaganum 249
- Ideology and Violence in Communist Venezuela 269
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PART FOUR: SOCIETY AND CULTURE
- Communist Rhetoric as Official Practices of Discourse 293
- Selective Repression and Democratic Opposition in Post-Totalitarian Hungary 313
- Lost in Protochronia: Ideological Dada in Ceaușescu’s Romania 335
- The Road to Liberation Theology 351
- Philosophical Lessons from the Bolshevik Experiment 367
- List of Contributors 379
- Index 385