Physical Description
xxvi, 324 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Introduction : the legitimacy of an empirical comparison / Henry Rousso
Presentation / Philippe Burrin, Nicolas Werth
Stalin's system during the 1930s / Nicolas Werth
Charisma and radicalism in the Nazi regime / Philippe Burrin
Strategies of violence in the Stalinist USSR / Nicolas Werth
Congenital violence of Nazism / Philippe Burrin
Forms of autonomy in "Socialist society" / Nicolas Werth
Nazi regime and German society : the prisms of acceptance / Philippe Burrin
Fascism and communism in Romania : the comparative stakes and uses / Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine
Historians and the political stakes of the past in Hungary / Paul Gradvohl
Managing the past in Bulgaria / Francois Frison-Roche
Nazism and communism in Polish experience and memory / Andrzej Paczkowski
Archive's revolution and the rewriting of history : East Germany / Étienne Francois
Beyond history and memory / Pierre Hassner
Postscript on the ideas of totalitarianism and of the "Communist regime" / Krzysztof Pomian.
Other Authors/Editors
Rousso, Henry, 1954-
Golsan, Richard Joseph, 1952-
ISBN
0803239459
0803290004 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0803204175 (electronic)
Notes
Papers presented at a conference held Jan. 31, 1997 in Paris organized by the Institute for Contemporary History.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the legitimacy of an empirical comparison / Henry Rousso -- Presentation / Philippe Burrin, Nicolas Werth -- Stalin's system during the 1930s / Nicolas Werth -- Charisma and radicalism in the Nazi regime / Philippe Burrin -- Strategies of violence in the Stalinist USSR / Nicolas Werth -- Congenital violence of Nazism / Philippe Burrin -- Forms of autonomy in "Socialist society" / Nicolas Werth -- Nazi regime and German society : the prisms of acceptance / Philippe Burrin -- Fascism and communism in Romania : the comparative stakes and uses / Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine -- Historians and the political stakes of the past in Hungary / Paul Gradvohl -- Managing the past in Bulgaria / Francois Frison-Roche -- Nazism and communism in Polish experience and memory / Andrzej Paczkowski -- Archive's revolution and the rewriting of history : East Germany / Étienne Francois -- Beyond history and memory / Pierre Hassner -- Postscript on the ideas of totalitarianism and of the "Communist regime" / Krzysztof Pomian.