POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND COMMUNIST DICTATORIAL REGIMES

The subject of political violence still raises serious debates in academia and scientific environments, both in terms of terminology analysis and understanding and placement of the concept of communist dictatorial regimes. This study aims to detect cases of political violence by finding the elements...

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Published inRevista română de studii eurasiatice Vol. 11; no. 1+2; pp. 117 - 124
Main Author Rogojanu, Dumitru-Cătălin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ovidius University Press 2015
Subjects
Government/Political systems
History of Communism
political violence
communist dictatorial regimes
political police
total terror
structural violence
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Summary:The subject of political violence still raises serious debates in academia and scientific environments, both in terms of terminology analysis and understanding and placement of the concept of communist dictatorial regimes. This study aims to detect cases of political violence by finding the elements related to human nature or historical and social context, to emphasize analytical levels of investigations, to discuss direct and structural violence (Johan Galtung), or the utter terror (Hannah Arendt). Domination of population from communist states through violence and terror, elimination of political opponents by an institutionalized policy of repression, renders the criminal purpose of these regimes.
ISSN:1841-477X