Lies, passions, and illusions : the democratic imagination in the twentieth century / François Furet ; edited with an introduction by Christophe Prochasson ; translated by Deborah Furet.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Inventaires du communisme. English
Main Author: Furet, François, 1927-1997 (Author)
Other Authors: Prochasson, Christophe (Editor, Writer of introduction)
Furet, Deborah (Translator)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
French
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Communism > History > 20th century.
Communism > Soviet Union > History.
Physical Description:xxxv, 89 pages.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Lies, passions, and illusions
  • The end of a world?
  • On the nation: the universal and the particular
  • The socialist movement, the nation, and the war
  • The past and the future of the revolution
  • The historian's pursuit
  • The seductions of Bolshevism
  • Critique of totalitarianism
  • History lessons for the future?