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Massenverfolgungen und dogmatischer Import
Mass persecutions and dogmatic import
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Abstract "Research on Stalinism, in comparison to the reception of National Socialism, has to struggle with a source and methodology asymmetry in the area of totalitarianism. This led to uncritical acceptance of analytical and evaluative categories, to dogmatic adoption and, as a consequence, to highly probl... view more
"Research on Stalinism, in comparison to the reception of National Socialism, has to struggle with a source and methodology asymmetry in the area of totalitarianism. This led to uncritical acceptance of analytical and evaluative categories, to dogmatic adoption and, as a consequence, to highly problematic conclusions that, at the same time, prove to be very resistant. As a first step out, this paper is offering positivistic source analysis of the mass persecutions in the Soviet Union." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
violence; post-socialist country; theory; historical analysis; source analysis; archives; USSR successor state; USSR; political system; Third Reich; dictatorship; fascism; social background; totalitarianism; judiciary; political persecution; Russia; stalinism; prosecution; theory comparison; comparative research; bureaucracy
Classification
Political System, Constitution, Government
General History
Method
basic research; historical
Document language
German
Publication Year
2011
Page/Pages
p. 77-98
Journal
Totalitarismus und Demokratie, 8 (2011) 1
Issue topic
Der stalinistische Massenterror
ISSN
1612-9008
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications