: Surveys major despotic regimes, including Nazi Germany, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and Cambodia, through the lens of "political religion". Part III: The Literary Revolt against Collectivism An examination of how the genre evolved in literature.
: Traces the development of totalitarianism from the French Revolution's Jacobinism to the rise of Stalinism. Dystopia : a natural history : a study of moder...
The book defines dystopia as a "spectrum of sociability" dominated by fear, paranoia, and the demonisation of "enemies," serving as the psychological and social counterpart to utopia’s ideal of enhanced friendship. : Surveys major despotic regimes, including Nazi Germany,