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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Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2009
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Totalitarian movements and political religions
Year: 2009, Volume: 10, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 221-240 |
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