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Oppressive regimes and ideologies are more common in world politics than democracy and liberalism. This course studies the reaction of twentieth century intellectuals to "the totalitarian mind." How intellectuals interpreted and resisted Fascism and Communism is naturally at the core of the course, but so, too, are issues such as sexism, apartheid, and racial and gender discrimination. Works (books, essays and films) by W.H. Auden, Simone De Beauvoir, Ayann Hirsi Ali, James Baldwin, Arthur Koestler, Milan Kundera, Doris Lessing, Primo Levi, Benito Mussolini, George Orwell, Leni Riefenstahl, Edward Said, Leonardo Sciascia and Ignazio Silone will all be the subject of seminars. All lessons will be characterized by the structured discussion of the set texts. (Cross listed European & Eurasian Studies/International Relations) (T&H)