Kurzus nemzetközi vendég- és részidős hallgatóknak
- Kar
- Bölcsészettudományi Kar
- Szervezet
- BTK Történeti Intézet
- Kód
- BA-ERA-IHS-S-5
- Cím
- Dictatorships in Comparison
- Tervezett félév
- Őszi
- ECTS
- 6
- Nyelv
- Oktatás célja
- Course description: The course gives an overview of the history of dictatorships in the 20th century, while challenging the simplistic notion of totalitarianism. We seek to explore the historical and social roots of Stalinism as well as place the state socialist regimes in a global context. Whereas both Stalinism and Nazism can be seen as products of the global crisis of capitalism (or a particular response to it), it is important to distinguish between the two regimes because of the unique character of the Nazi genocide. We study the history of both regimes, their social and political context as well as their functioning in the everyday life. Whereas terror escalated with the outbreak of the Second World War, the Soviet system could transform itself into a consolidated regime. We will give a brief overview of de-Stalinization and conclude with the discussion of economic reforms in Central Europe. Skills: the development of comparative skills and a deeper understanding of the political culture in the region.
- Tantárgy tartalma
- Totalitarianism versus revisionism: Theorizing State Socialism The Bolshevik revolution Stalinism in the Soviet Union Repression and Terror in the Soviet Union Hitler’s rise to power The Nazi terror and the persecution of Jews The Soviet Union in the Second World War Holocaust in Eastern Europe The bipolar world order Stalinist culture and society The education of the masses in the Soviet Union De-Stalinization
- Számonkérés és értékelés
- Course requirement: one seminar paper to be submitted at the end of the semester
- Irodalomjegyzék
- Suggested readings: Applebaum, Anne : Gulag : A History of the Soviet camps. London, Penguin Books, 2014. Arendt, Hannah : The Origins of Totalitarianism. 1951. Apor, Balázs (ed.): The leader cult in Communist dictatorships. Palgrave, 2004 Borhi, László: Hungary in the Cold War (1945-1956). CEU Press, 2004 Bottoni, Stefano: Long Awaited West: Eastern Europe since 1944. Indiana University Press, 2017 Berend, T. Iván : Central and Eastern Europe, 1944-1993 : detour from the periphery to the periphery. Cambridge University Press, 1996. Braham, Randolph L.: Politics of genocide: The Holocaust in Hungary. New York, Columbia Press, 1994. Deutscher, Isaac. The great purges. Oxford, 1984. Deutscher, Isaac: The unfinished revolution. Oxford, 1967. Fitzpatrick, Sheila: Stalin’s peasants. Oxford, 1994. Fitzpatrick Sheila: Everyday Stalinism. 1999. Geyer, Michael – Sheila Fitzpatrick (eds.). Beyond Totalitarianism: Stalinism and Nazism Compared. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. mobilization, 1917-1929. Kershaw, Ian- Moshe Lewin (eds.): Stalinism and Nazism. Dictatorships in Comparison. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Kershaw, Ian: Hitler, 1936-1945 Nemesis, London: Penguin Books, 2000. Kotkin, Stephen: Magnetic Mountain. Stalinism as a Civilization. Berkeley, University of California Press. Krausz Tamás: The Soviet and Hungarian Holocausts: A comparative essay. Boulder, Colo., 2006. Pittaway, Mark : Eastern Europe 1939-2000. Arnold, London, 2004. Viola, Lynne (ed.): Contending with Stalinism : Soviet power and popular resistance in the 1930s. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 2002.