Why did so many Western intellectuals whitewash the barbarism of the Soviet Union and its satellites? In The Passing of an Illusion: The Idea of Communism in the Twentieth Century, Francois Furet argues that their rationalizations resulted from the hard left’s effective use of moral rhetoric.
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Jennifer Roback Morse is Founder and President of the Ruth Institute.
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| Fall 2015 | Conscience and Its Enemies: Confronting the Dogmas of Liberal Secularism |
| Fall 1997 | Constitutional Rules, Political Accidents, and the Course of History: New Light on the Annexation of Texas |
