Totalitarianism, Terrorism and Supreme Values History and Theory /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Bernholz, Peter (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Studies in Public Choice, 33
• Θέματα: Political economy.; Terrorism.; Political violence.; Economic theory.; Welfare economics.; Economics.; Religion and sociology.; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Political Economy.; Terrorism and Political Violence.; Sociology of Religion.; Economic Systems.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XII, 160 p. 11 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319569079
• ISSN: 0924-4700 ;

Applying a rational choice perspective, this book presents a dynamic theory of the evolution of totalitarian regimes and terrorism. By demonstrating that totalitarian regimes rest on ideologies involving supreme values that are assumed to be absolutely true, the author identifies the factors that lead to totalitarian regimes, and those that transform or abolish those regimes with time. The author addresses different ideologies, such as National Socialism, Communism, and religious movements; examines numerous historical cases of totalitarian regimes; and develops a formal, mathematical model of totalitarianism in the book’s closing chapter.