The New Inquisitions
Heretic-Hunting and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Totalitarianism
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, History, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Arthur Versluis | ISBN: | 9780190294397 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | Publication: | July 27, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Arthur Versluis |
| ISBN: | 9780190294397 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Publication: | July 27, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Language: | English |
The only book of its kind, The New Inquisitions is an exhilarating investigation into the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Arthur Versluis unveils the connections between heretic hunting in early and medieval Christianity, and the emergence of totalitarianism in the twentieth century. He shows how secular political thinkers in the nineteenth century inaugurated a tradition of defending the Inquisition, and how Inquisition-style heretic-hunting later manifested across the spectrum of twentieth-century totalitarianism. An exceptionally wide-ranging work, The New Inquisitions begins with early Christianity, and traces heretic-hunting as a phenomenon through the middle ages and right into the twentieth century, showing how the same inquisitional modes of thought recur both on the political Left and on the political Right.
The only book of its kind, The New Inquisitions is an exhilarating investigation into the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Arthur Versluis unveils the connections between heretic hunting in early and medieval Christianity, and the emergence of totalitarianism in the twentieth century. He shows how secular political thinkers in the nineteenth century inaugurated a tradition of defending the Inquisition, and how Inquisition-style heretic-hunting later manifested across the spectrum of twentieth-century totalitarianism. An exceptionally wide-ranging work, The New Inquisitions begins with early Christianity, and traces heretic-hunting as a phenomenon through the middle ages and right into the twentieth century, showing how the same inquisitional modes of thought recur both on the political Left and on the political Right.
