Table of Contents

Contents: Preface to the English Edition by Tzvetan Todorov Foreword 1. On Ernst Nolte's Interpretation of Fascism by Franois Furet 2. Beyond Ideological Impasses by Ernst Nolte 3. A Taboo Subject by Franois Furet 4. From the Gulag to Auschwitz by Ernest Nolte 5. The Dialectical Relationship of Fascism and Communism by Franois Furetv 6. On Revisionism by Ernst Nolte 7. Modern Anti-Semitism by Franois Furet 8. Situations by Ernst Nolte 9. Such Is the Melancholy Backdrop of This Century's End by Franois Furet Notes

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Offers readers the rare opportunity to witness and learn from a confrontation between two of the worlds most distinguished historians over one of the most serious subjects of our time, the history and meaning of the attack on liberal democracy by fascism and communism

About the Author

Francois Furet (1927-1997) was one of France's most respected historians. His books include The Passing of an Illusion: The Idea of Communism in the Twentieth Century and Revolutionary France, 1770-1880. Ernst Nolte is a leading German historian and the author of major works of fascism. Katherine Golsan, assistant professor of French at the University of the Pacific, is cotranslator of Tzvetan Todorov's Life in Common: An Essay in General Anthropology (Nebraska 2001).