THE RELIGIOUS-CRITICAL CONCEPTION OF THE TOTALITARIANISM IN THE FOREIGN HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE 1930S
The paper analyzes the process of formation of the religious-critical conception of totalitarianism in the 1930s. It focuses on the works of prominent representatives of this conception: A. Feiler, P Tillich, W. Gurian, Edgar Alexander. After disclosing of the contents of thess works the main methodological approaches and assessment in the study of totalitarianism are highlighted.