The relevance of sociological theory for explaining the recent dramatic changes in Eastern Europe is at hand. The impact of the downfall of communism has been compared with those "Great Transformations" along which sociology evolved as a "science of crisis par excellence" (Habermas). The actual elaboration of a sociological theory of post-communist transformation and its relation to East Europe...

Ever since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and even more so since the spectacular attacks by Qa‘idat al-Jihad against the U.S. on 9/11, there has been an ever-growing flood of academic and journalistic publications devoted to radical Islam. Unfortunately, much of that literature has embodied problematic conceptual perspectives that can best be characterized as ‘Islam bashing’, ‘Islam apologism’, o...

In this article, the author examines related topics: totalitarianism, crowd psychology and collective responsibility. The subject matter of paper is specified in introduction. Then, phenomenon totalitarianism defined possible reasons for its universal nature longevity are listed. second segment article devoted to an analysis mass psychology, as inevitable companion totalitarianism. This serves ...

Shaikh Ayaz and Habib Jalib are very renowned figures of Pakistani modern literature. Following the trend, their literary works tend to highlight contemporary issues. Totalitarianism is a internationally recognized political dogma which deals with controlling state one-man power. In discourse, it named as dictatorship. Therefore, study concerned locating critique totalitarianism in poets’ poems...