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19. Apr. 2024 · Totalitarianism is a form of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens. It is characterized by strong central rule that attempts to control and direct all aspects of individual life through coercion and repression. It does not permit individual freedom. Traditional social institutions and ...
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1. Okt. 2022 · Characteristics of Totalitarianism While they differ individually, totalitarian states have several characteristics in common. The two most notable characteristics shared by all totalitarian states are an overarching ideology addressing all aspects of life as the means of attaining the state’s final goal, and a single, all-powerful ...
- Robert Longley
As anti–Communist political scientists, Friedrich and Brzezinski described and defined totalitarianism with the monolithic totalitarian model of six interlocking, mutually supporting characteristics: Elaborate guiding ideology. One-party state; State terrorism; Monopoly control of weapons; Monopoly control of the mass ...
1. Jan. 2023 · The features which distinguish totalitarian regimes from other and older autocracies, as well as from Western-type democracies, are six in number: (1) a totalist ideology; (2) a single party committed to this ideology and usually led by one man, the dictator; (3) a fully developed secret police; and three kinds of monopoly or, more ...
The Origins of Totalitarianism, published in 1951, was Hannah Arendt's first major work, where she describes and analyzes Nazism and Stalinism as the major totalitarian political movements of the first half of the 20th century.
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1. Apr. 1997 · The author explains how the term "totalitarianism" was invented, used, and debated in the 20th century, and how it was related to the Cold War, the Enlightenment, and the ideologies of communism and fascism. He traces the history of the term from its origins in Italy and Germany to its application to the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, and its challenges and limitations.
totalitarianism, Form of government that subordinates all aspects of its citizens’ lives to the authority of the state, with a single charismatic leader as the ultimate authority.
