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This chapter shows how the same “worship of strange gods” that led 1930s intellectuals to canonize Stalin was transferable in location and time, considering Wolin’s book about the French philosophers enthralled by Maoism in China during one of its more risible periods.
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Williams, I. (2017). Revolution Is No Tea Party but It’s Easier in a Salon: Reading the Leaves Afterwards. In: Political and Cultural Perceptions of George Orwell. Political Philosophy and Public Purpose. Palgrave Pivot, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95254-0_15
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