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James H. Billington (Author)
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  • Paperback: 677 pages
  • Publisher: Transaction Publishers (January 1, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0765804719
  • ISBN-13: 978-0765804716
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars What is reason and logic? By what standard is paradise measured., March 4, 2008
This review is from: Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Faith (Paperback)
Anyone who reads this and is still a bit unsure should read Yevgeny Zamyatin's book WE and Djilas' The New Class. If they are looking for the philosophical approach to the book, they should read Voegelin and any of his works that deal with the philosophical underpinning of what Billington is addressing in this fantastic work. Billington is a Rhodes Scholar. He is a visiting Professor to Harvard and Princeton. His works on Russia are definitive. This book being his best, is his dedication to Dostoevsky's Notes from the Underground and Demons. It is scary and brilliant. It answers the question of the two opposing "secret" warring groups one the proponents of freewill the others proponents of the collective and or the secular super powerful state. All this and according to Billington's work, the most startling aspect, is that journalists are the very agents of this revolutionary activity. Puts a very scientism spin on things like global warming and afro-centrism.
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5.0 out of 5 stars James Billington's classic from our time, May 21, 2006
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This is one of the great history books of our time.

Billington provides a comprehensive account of the revolutionary obsession from the 18th until the 20th century. He examines in particular national and socialist revolution and the cast of sometimes bizarre characters, cults and conspiracies that peppered these movements.

Beautifully written, it is a joy to read. Billington treats his subject matter with empathy but is by no means a revolutionist himself.

Gibbon's "Decline aand Fall of the Roman Empire" is still being read today more than three centuries after it was penned. Billington's book will be a must read centuries from now too.
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5.0 out of 5 stars great business!, December 12, 2011
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This item shipped quickly. I was worried when I ordered it that I wouldn't receive it right away, but everything turned out great! Thanks a lot would definitely do business again!
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