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dc.contributor.advisorPekelder, J.
dc.contributor.authorHensing, M.D.
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-15T17:01:04Z
dc.date.available2009-10-15
dc.date.available2009-10-15T17:01:04Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.urihttps://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/3618
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the post-Cold War western historiography of the Soviet Union in order to evaluate the relevance of totalitarianism theory within this field of research since 1989. After a short overview of the history of the totalitarianism debate in western Europe and the United States, totalitarianism theory is defined through a discussion of the 'paradigmatic' theories of Hannah Arendt and Carl J. Friedrich & Zbigniew K. Brzezinski, as well as Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan's theory of post-totalitarianism. This discussion of the theory results in a checklist, which serves as a guideline for the assessment of 35 monographs on Soviet history published between 1990 and 2009.
dc.description.sponsorshipUtrecht University
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dc.language.isoen
dc.titleBeyond totalitarianism? Totalitarianism theory in Soviet Union historiography since the end of the Cold War
dc.type.contentMaster Thesis
dc.rights.accessrightsOpen Access
dc.subject.keywordsHistoriography
dc.subject.keywordsSoviet Union
dc.subject.keywordstotalitarianism theory
dc.subject.keywordspost-totalitarianism
dc.subject.keywordsCold War
dc.subject.keywordsHannah Arendt
dc.subject.keywordsCarl J. Friedrich
dc.subject.keywordsZbigniew K. Brzezinski
dc.subject.keywordsJuan J. Linz
dc.subject.keywordsAlfred Stepan
dc.subject.courseuuHistory: Cities, States and Citizenship


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