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The rise of radicalism;: The social psychology of messianic extremism

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Methvin examines what might be called the fundamentals of leftism: propaganda, confrontation, organization and violence. Buy it, especially if you view the political process from a historical perspective

This book gives an historical overview of political radicalism, from the French Revolution through 19th century marxists, Lenin and the Russian revolution, Stalin and Hitler. It is useful for understanding political radicals, both then and now.

Chapters: 1. The Malignant Dream; 2. Rousseau: The Ignoble Savage; 3. Robespierre: Demon Certitude Stalks the Earth; 4. Robespierre: From Idealist to Tyrant; 5. Babeuf: The Rise of Hate Media; 6. Babeuf: Founding the Technology of Social Demolition; 7. Buonarroti: The Organizational Spider; 8. New Gods for the Vacant Shrine; 9. Procrustean Philosophy Organizes the World; 10. Philosophy on the Barricades--and in Exile; 11. What Made Marxism Tick; 12. Chernyshevsky: The Great Predecessor; 13. Nechayev: The Revolutionary Catechism; 14. Nechayev: The Possessed; 15. Tkachev: The Jacobin; 16. The Die is Cast; 17. Creating the Sociology of Discontent; 18. Building Hate Media; 19. The AT&T of Hate; 20. The Magnetism of the Dream; 21. Building the AT&T of Hate; 22. Colonizing Leninist Hate Media Cartels; 23. The First Global Media Conglomerate; 24. Leninizing the Bolshevik Media Affiliates; 25. Case Studies in Leninist Colonization; 26. Colonizing Leninist Cartels in Asia; 27. Colonizing Leninism in China; 28. Radical Forerunners in the United States; 29. The Comintern Subsidiary in America; 30. Mussolini: The Italian Leninoid; 31. Hitler: The Electronic Leninoid; 32. Revolutionary Radicalism Today: Competitive Social Demolition; 33. The New Left in America; Epilogue: The Price of the Dream.