Stalin’s Witch‐Hunt: Magical Thinking in the Great Terror

Although Stalin’s Great Terror is commonly called a ‘witch‐hunt’, few take the comparison seriously. This article demonstrates that the Terror conforms in most important ways to the pattern of witch‐hunting established in early modern Europe and worldwide. Bolshevik theory reinforced magical ways of...

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Main Author: Armstrong, Sean (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2009
In: Totalitarian movements and political religions
Year: 2009, Volume: 10, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 221-240
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)

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