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part Part I: Present as History -- chapter 1 New Beginnings -- chapter 2 Defining Genocide -- chapter 3 Counting Bodies -- chapter 4 Collectivizing Death -- chapter 5 Individualizing Life -- part Part II: Past as Prologue -- chapter 6 Democracy, Autocracy, and Terrorism -- chapter 7 Human Rights and Personal Responsibilities -- chapter 8 Bureaucracy and State Power -- chapter 9 Nationalism and Genocidal Systems -- chapter 10 Totalitarianism as a Penal Colony -- part Part III: Future as Memory -- chapter 11 Memory as History -- chapter 12 Banality of State Power -- chapter 13 A Natural History of the Holocaust -- chapter 14 Jewish Survival in a Post-Holocaust World -- part Part IV: Toward a General Theory of State-Sponsored Crime -- chapter 15 Functional and Existential Visions of Genocide -- chapter 16 Exclusivity and Inclusivity of Collective Death -- chapter 17 Surviving the Genocidal State -- part Part V : Studying Genocide -- chapter 18 Life, Death, and Sociology -- chapter 19 Researching Genocide -- chapter 20 Gauging Genocide.

"The Cuban Revolution of 1959 was a benchmark of triumph and a harbinger of tragedy to come. Rather than herald a new era of Cuba joining the world community of nations as a paragon of democracy as many fervently hoped and believed it would, it became instead a new stage in authoritarian rule in the Western hemisphere.For more than a half century since then Cuba has been defined by the capacity of a single family to command and determine the fate of a nation? and to do so with a minimum of opposition. Incredibly, even those professing adhesion to democratic norms have been ready to forgive the dictator his excesses. This volume explains the theory and practice of this absence of internal opposition and the persistence of external support for the Castro family and its entourage.The Long Night of Dark Intent is chronological in order, with the author indicating major points in each of the five decades covered. The volume covers five centers of system analysis: economics, politics, society, military, and ideology. Who or what "determines" events and decisions is the stuff of real history. It is precisely due to variability in causal chains in society that we have huge variance in levels of predictability. The course of the Cuban Revolution gives strong support for such an approach to the Castro Era. This is a unique, unflinching account with a strong emphasis on the importance of U.S. policy decisions over time."--Provided by publisher.

Sociological Self-Images: A Collective Portrait is a collection of papers on the self-images of different sociologists regarding their work, their profession, and their contributions to the social sciences. The book is comprised of 14 papers contributed by different experts in sociology, each of whom seeks to answer the following questions: 1. What do you consider the most unique characteristics of your way of defining sociology? 2. What is your view of the current relationship between sociological theory and social application? 3. Which sociologists influenced you or do you most respect? Are

Radicalism and the Revolt Against Reason is a work that continues to have a steady and large scale impact on political and social theory fifty years since its first appearance. A study of how radical thought modifies its actions and ideologies in a time of unrealized and frustrated expectations, the focus is on Georges Sorel and the Europe of the fin de siècle, a time when socialist revolution was forcefully set aside by liberal reform. This golden anniversary edition includes a substantial brand new introduction by the author.

The Cuban Revolution did not start with the entrance of guerrillas into Havana on January 1, 1959. As Castro himself made clear, that event culminated several years of armed insurrection against the Batista regime. It was both a triumph and a harbinger of tragedy to come. Rather than herald a new Cuba joining the world's democracies, January 1, 1959 marked a new stage in authoritarian rule in the Americas. This amalgam of military charisma as a consequence of guerrilla insurgency, and iron-fisted party rule evolving from a near anarchic movement of politics, defined Castro's Cuba from the outset and has continued to do so for a half century. This selection of essays, articles, and speeches by Horowitz is cumulatively a statement of the collective national disaster suffered by Cubans for the past half century. The volume aims to explain the theory and practice of the regime, the absence of internal opposition, and the persistence of external support for Castro. Even with the collapse of Soviet communism, the ideology that underwrites Communist regimes remains the defining characteristics of Castro's Cuba. The Long Night of Dark Intent is chronological in order, indicating major points in each of the five decades covered. The volume addresses five centers of analysis: economics, politics, society, military, and ideology. This is a unique, unflinching account with a strong emphasis on U.S. policy decisions.