| Heaven on Earth |
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| The Rise and Fall of Socialism |
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Monday, April 22, 2002
2:00 PM
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Monday, April 22, 2002
4:00 PM
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Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
Directions to AEI |
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| Socialism was man’s most ambitious attempt to supplant religion with a doctrine claiming to be rational and scientific. Born in the French Revolution and nurtured in Europe until its rise to power in 1917, socialism--in one form or another--came to rule 60 percent of the world’s population by the late 1970s. No other political idea, indeed no religion, ever traveled so far so fast. And then, even faster than it rose, socialism collapsed. In his new book, Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism (Encounter Books, March 2002), Joshua Muravchik traces this fiery trajectory through portraits of the thinkers and leaders who developed the theory of socialism, led it to power, and presided over its collapse. At this event, columnists and political thinkers Charles Krauthammer, Irving Kristol, and Andrew Sullivan will join Muravchik in exploring this fascinating history. |
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| 1:45 p.m. |
Registration |
| 2:00 |
Moderator: |
Irving Kristol, AEI |
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Presenter: |
Joshua Muravchik, AEI |
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Discussants: |
Charles Krauthammer |
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Andrew Sullivan |
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More Information
Vance Serchuk
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-7188
Fax: 202-862-5867
E-mail: vserchuk@aei.org
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Media Inquiries
Veronique Rodman
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-4870
E-mail: VRodman@aei.org
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