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Introduction: Concepts
In: The German Democratic Republic, S. 1-18
Conclusion: Obituary
In: The German Democratic Republic, S. 112-130
Conservatism, 1971–7
In: The German Democratic Republic, S. 68-79
Construction, 1949–60
In: The German Democratic Republic, S. 30-49
Consolidation, 1961–71
In: The German Democratic Republic, S. 50-67
Conception, 1945–9
In: The German Democratic Republic, S. 19-29
Collapse, 1989–90
In: The German Democratic Republic, S. 96-111
Synthetic Socialism: Plastics and Dictatorship in the German Democratic Republic. By Eli Rubin. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press. 2008. Pp. 286. Cloth $49.95. ISBN 978-0-8078-3238-7
In: Central European history, Band 43, Heft 2, S. 392-395
ISSN: 1569-1616
Wilfried Loth, Die Sowjetunion und die deutsche Frage: Studien zur sowjetischen Deutschlandpolitik von Stalin bis Chruschtschow
In: Journal of Cold War studies, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 208-210
ISSN: 1531-3298
In Defence of Totalitarianism Theory as a Tool of Historical Scholarship
In: Totalitarian movements and political religions, Band 8, Heft 3-4, S. 563-589
ISSN: 1743-9647
In Defence of Totalitarianism Theory as a Tool of Historical Scholarship
In: Totalitarian movements and political religions, Band 8, Heft 3, S. 563-589
ISSN: 1743-9647
Following recent attacks on the value of totalitarianism theory as a tool of historical scholarship, this article sets out to clarify its meaning and counter the main objections to its use. After refuting claims that the theory is too freighted with Cold War baggage to serve any academic purpose, the concept of an inefficient totalitarian state is posited. A distinction is then drawn between the genocidal-charismatic totalitarianism of the Third Reich and the bureaucratic totalitarianism of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and other East European Communist countries. Stalinist Russia is presented as a complex hybrid of the two. Both National Socialism and Marxist-Leninism are viewed as political religions. The article argues for a more flexible and pragmatic application of totalitarianism theory so that it can help explain change and collapse, address the alleged welfare achievements of the Soviet satellites and pay proper attention to the symbiotic links between state and society. Adapted from the source document.
Driving the Soviets up the Wall: Soviet-East German Relations, 1953–1961. By Hope M. Harrison. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2003. Pp. xx + 345. $42.50. ISBN: 0-691-09678-3
In: Central European history, Band 38, Heft 4, S. 710-712
ISSN: 1569-1616