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His main works are "The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy" and "Political Messiainism - The Romantic Phase" . Jacob Talmon has argued that Rousseau's position may best be understood as " totalitarian democracy"; that is, as a philosophy in which liberty is realized "only in the pursuit and attainment of an absolute collective purpose".

Author of the books : The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy, 1952; The Nature of Jewish History-Its Universal Significance, 1957; Political Messianism - The Romantic Phase, 1960; The Unique and The Universal, 1965; Romanticism and Revolt, 1967; Israel among the Nations, 1968; The Age of Violence ,1974 ; The Myth of Nation and Vision of Revulotion , The Origins of Ideological Polarization in the 20th Century ,1981 ; The Riddle of the Present and the Cunning of History 2000 (hebrew , p.m.)

1 See also

• Totalitarian democracy

2 External links

• Excerpts from the "The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy", (London: Secker and Warburg, 1955), Intro, Part I, Part II and Conclusion
• On The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy
• Israel Among The Nations, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London 1970
• The Unique and the Universal, Secker & Warburg, London 1965
• Excerpts from an "Open Letter to Prime Minister Begin Urging Israel's withdrawal from the Occupied Territories and Warning of a Future Disaster", 1980
• Two Statements on the Mid-East War, 1973