Jacob Talmon - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Jun 14, 1916 Rypin, Kuyavian Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland Died on 16 Jun 1980 (aged 64)

Polish-born Israeli historian; Professor of Modern History; studied Cold War and totalitarianism; anti-Marxist

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About Jacob Talmon

  • Jacob Leib Talmon (Hebrew: ???? ?????; June 14, 1916 – June 16, 1980) was Professor of Modern History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
  • He has been categorised as a 'Cold War liberal' because of the anti-Marxism which permeates his main works. He studied the genealogy of totalitarianism, arguing that political Messianism stemmed from the French Revolution, and stressed the similarities between Jacobinism and Stalinism.
  • He coined the terms "totalitarian democracy" and "Messianic democracy/political Messianism".

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