OIS 1 (2012) – Rethinking Totalitarianism and its Arab Readings

The first edition of OIS deals with the effect of fascism, national socialism, anti-fascism and communism on the Arab region from Morocco to Iraq, roughly covering the period between the 1920s and the 1950s. This volume aims to evaluate the synchronical impact of fascism and Stalinism on the Arab world by dealing with Arab observers, critics, and epigones. The articles are the results of a conference organized by the OIB in October 2010 under the title “European Totalitarianism in the Mirrors of Contemporary Arab Thought”.