The Future That Failed: Origins and Destinies of the Soviet Model by Johann P. Arnason
First known book to relate the collapse of the Soviet system to modernity
Very topical subject
Author is editor of the journal Thesis11
The Future That Failed
The Future That Failed
Summary
This outstanding book analyses the Soviet model as a distinctive pattern of modernity - examining its historical background and institutional structure, and challenging many of the assumptions and judgements made about the Soviet road.
The Future That Failed Summary
About Johann P. Arnason
Johann P. Arnason
Table of Contents
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
Additional information
GOR007798785
9780415062275
0415062276
The Future That Failed: Origins and Destinies of the Soviet Model by Johann P. Arnason
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1993-10-21
252
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