This volume, first published in 1984, contains the principal papers from a distinguished colloquium held in 1982. Its avowed purpose is to investigate further the notion of "e;totalitarian democracy"e; and to look at its repercussions in the contemporary world.

Chapter 1 Jacob Talmon - An Intellectual Portrait, Yehoshua Arieli; Part 1 The Historiography and Philosophy of History in Relation to Historical Reality in Terms of Totalitarian Democracy; Chapter 2 Totalitarian Democracy and the Legacy of Modern Revolutions - Explanation or Indictment?, John Dunn; Chapter 3 Rival Revolutionary Ideals, James H. Billington; Chapter 4 Turn of the Century and Totalitarian Ideology, Karl Dietrich Bracher; Part 2 Totalitarian Democracy - Cultural Traditions and Modernization; Chapter 5 Totalitarian Democracy - Cultural Traditions and Modernization, S. N. Eisenstadt; Chapter 6 Christian Antecedents to Totalitarian Democratic Ideologies in the Early Modern Period, Michael Heyd; Chapter 7 Different Visions of Political Messianism in the Marxist European Tradition, Shlomo Avineri; Chapter 8 Russian and Western European Roots of Soviet Totalitarianism, Michael Confino; Chapter 9 The Historical Setting of German Totalitarianism, Moshe Zimmermann; Chapter 10 Political Traditions and Responses in Islam, Hava Lazarus-Yafeh; Chapter 11 Totalitarian Democratic Hermeneutics and Policies in Modem Jewish Religious Nationalism, Uriel Tal; Chapter 12 Traditional Constraints on Totalitarianism in Japan, Ben-Ami Shillony; Part 3 The Varieties and Transformations of Totalitarian Democracy in Different Countries and under Different Regimes; Chapter 13 Political Style and Political Theory-Totalitarian Democracy Revisited, George L. Mosse; Chapter 14 Political Style and Political Theory - Totalitarian Democracy Revisited Comments on George L. Mosse's Paper, Yaron Ezrahi; Chapter 15 Totalitarianism and Tyranny, Michael Walzer; Chapter 16 Totalitarianism and Totality A Response to Michael Walzer, Yirmiyahu Yovel; Chapter 17 Aux sources de l'idéologie fasciste: La révolte socialist contre le matérialisme, Zeev Sternhell; Chapter 18 Ideas, Political Intentions and Historical Consequences - the Case of the Russian Revolution, Baruch Knei-Paz; Chapter 19 Totalitarianism and After in Communist Party Regimes, Richard Lowenthal; Chapter 20 Totalitarianism and After in Communist Party Regimes Comments on Richard Lowenthal's Paper, Harold Z. Schiffrin; Part 4 The Impact of Totalitarian Democracy on the Jewish Situation; Chapter 21 Democracy and Its Negations - On Polarity in Jewish Socialism, Jonathan Frankel; Chapter 22 Zionism and Political Messianism, Israel Kolatt; Chapter 23 Zionism and Political Messianism Comments on Israel Kolatt's Paper, Anita Shapira; Chapter 24 The Israeli Kibbutz - The Dynamics of Pragmatic Utopianism * Thanks are due to Professor M. Rosner for his helpful comments on the lecture on which this paper is based., Erik Cohen; Chapter 25 The Israeli Kibbutz - The Dynamics of Pragmatic Utopianism Comments on Erik Cohen's Paper, Menachem Rosner; Chapter 26 The Context of Hannah Arendt's Concept of Totalitarianism, Ben Halpern; Chapter 27 Between Rulers and Ruled - Some Aspects of the Jewish Tradition, Ephraim E. Urbach;