The Proto-totalitarian State: Punishment and Control in Absolutist Regimes

by Dmitry Shlapentokh (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2006

  $139.91

  Totalitarian rule is commonly thought to derive from specific ideologies that justify the complete control by the state of social, cultural, and political institutions. This volume seeks to show that totalitarian or semi-totalitarian regimes have their roots in a fear of disorder that may overtake both rulers and the society at large.