Faith in the party

ARE religions and political movements essentially the same sort of thing, with a common love of hymns, initiation rites and utopian ideals? Gaetano Mosca, one of the fathers of modern political science, thought so. Doubtless he was influenced by the radical political movements of his era—fascism, extreme nationalism and communism, each offering a rival version of paradise—competing for the souls of Europe...

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