03 April 2010

Book: The French Revolution and the Russian Anti-Democratic Tradition

Dmitry Shlapentokh, "The French Revolution and the Russian Anti-Democratic Tradition: A Case of False Consciousness" (Transaction Publishers, 1997):

www.transactionpub.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TRANSPUB&Product_Code=978-1-56000-244-4

Publisher's description: "The political uncertainty following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rejection of the revolutionary model has brought Russian political thought full circle as democratic forces contend with authoritarian nationalism. This volume is essential to understanding the antidemocratic tradition in Russia and the persistent danger of totalitarianism."

The book is fully searchable on Google Book Search (including table of contents):

http://books.google.com/books?id=eVKOSX0E2bUC&printsec=frontcover

Dmitry Shlapentokh, born in Ukraine when it was still part of the Soviet Union, is Associate Professor of History at Indiana University South Bend.

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