Philosophers, Rebels, Tyrants: syllabus
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Week 1
Introduction: True Believers, Movement Politics and Modern Authoritarianism
-E. Hoffer, The True Believer
Revolutionary Socialism: Ideology, Movements, Regimes
Week 2
Class-based Ideology: Marx and Socialism
Excerpts:
-Charles Fourier, “Utopian Socialism”
-Marx and Engels, “The Communist Manifesto”
-V. I. Lenin, “State and Revolution”
Week 3
Red Revolutionaries: Radical Socialism Comes to Power
-J. Reed, Ten Days that Shook the World
Week 4
Communist Authoritarianism: Radical Socialism in Power
-E. Ginzburg, Journey into the Whirlwind
Ultra-Nationalism: Ideology, Movements, Regimes
Week 5
5) Nation-based Ideology: Mazzini and Nationalism
Excerpts:
-G. Mazzini, “The Duties of Men”
-B. Mussolini, “The Birth of a New Civilization”
-A. Hitler, Mein Kampf
Week 6
Ultra-Nationalists: Fascism Comes to Power
-B. Mussolini, My Rise and Fall
Week 7
Ultra-Nationalist Authoritarianism: Fascism in Power
-P. Levi, Survival in Auschwitz
Fundamentalist Islam: Ideology, Movements, Regimes
Week 8
Faith-based Ideology: Cultural Reaction and Political Fundamentalism
Excerpts:
-Sayd Qutb, Milestones
-Zaki Najib Mawdidi, “Political Theory of Islam”
-Ayatollah Ruhallah Khomeini, “Islamic Government”
Week 9
Radical Imams: Fundamentalist Islam Comes to Power
- K. Matinuddin, The Taliban Phenomenon
Week 10
Islamic Authoritarianism: Fundamentalist Islam in Power
-A, Seierstad, The Bookseller of Kabul
Epilogue: Student Presentationss
Week 11
The End of Socialism and Rise of Neo-Fascism
Week 12
All Jihads are Local: Radical Islam and Europe’s Muslims
