The new inquisitions : heretic-hunting and the intellectual origins of modern totalitarianism /
'The New Inquisitions' begins with early Christianity, and traces heretic-hunting as a phenomenon through the middle ages and right into the 20th century, showing how the same inquisitional modes of thought recur both on the political Left and on the political Right.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 'The New Inquisitions' begins with early Christianity, and traces heretic-hunting as a phenomenon through the middle ages and right into the 20th century, showing how the same inquisitional modes of thought recur both on the political Left and on the political Right. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 190 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195345629 0195345622 1280846577 9781280846571 0195306376 9780195306378 |