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Dictatorship, State Planning, and Social Theory in the German Democratic Republic
This book examines how communist East Germany functioned according to the views of its leading experts in law, economics, philosophy, and cybernetics. The state-socialist countries aimed for post-capitalist modernization, which they hoped to achieve through dictatorship. The lessons of this failed combination of dictatorship and social transformation remain relevant today. Going beyond the research of many works on the social theory of modernization, this book reveals how East German theorists prevailed under Stalinism.
Book Details
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: Nov 2nd, 2006
- Pages: 232
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.53in - 0.76lb
- EAN: 9780521030076
- Categories: • Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
Praise for this book
"A marvelous piece of work: well-written, thoughtful, and challenging." H-GERMAN
"This book is a splendidly thought-provoking and elegantly executed tour de force. This immensely stimulating and brilliantly argued book is indispensable reading for all students of East German history/politics and Marxist-Leninist state socialism generally." Central European History
"fine book" - Gary Bruce, University of Waterloo