Totality, Charisma, Authority

The Origins and Transformations of Totalist Movements
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-658-16321-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 4398 g

This interdisciplinary endeavour portrays the central features of militant movements which hold totality as an important part of their doctrinal core. Revisiting the importance of modernity, utopianism, eschatology, charisma, psychology and the history of ideas, Mihai Murariu pursues a reconstruction of the historical requirements for the emergence of such movements. Making a central use of the concept of totalism, the work establishes a conceptual bridge from antiquity to the contemporary period, whilst also arguing for the suitability of the term in comparison to totalitarianism or political religion. The author also proposes a distinct taxonomy for structural elements, variants, and development phases which may be encountered in totalist movements.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murariu, Mihai

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Totalitarismus & Diktaturen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Totality and Totalism: Theory and Concepts.- Evolving Perspectives: Eschatology and Utopia.- The Totalist Types: Between Renovative and Utopian Strands.- Totalism Transformed: Power, Purity, and Truth from Heterodoxy to Ideocracy.-The Legion of the Archangel Michael and the “Hybrid” Totalist Type.

Über Autor(innen)

Mihai Murariu is an independent researcher, as well as a writer and essayist. His research interests focus on the roots of radicalism, modernity, terrorism, and the interplay between ideology, security and militant movements, and the challenges these bring about in contemporary pluralist societies.