Jon Smith Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany final paper I pledge to have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid on this assignment. A Totalitarian regime uses terror not only as an instrument to suppress opposition‚ but once free of opposition‚ terror is employed to ensure the movement of the regime. As Hannah Arendt contends‚ "if lawfulness is the essence of non-tyrannical government‚ and lawlessness is the essence of tyranny‚ then terror is the essence of totalitarian domination."(p
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Totalitarianism as Dystopias What is it like to existent in a society trying to achieve perfection? A Totalitarian government is controlled by an individual dictator who desires to attain excellence. It has the capability to fabricate a dystopian society. First‚ by demanding to reach flawlessness‚ the government holds people in a state of panic. Second‚ by exploiting trepidation and fear‚ the government maintains submissive citizens and sustains control of supremacy. Third‚ Totalitarian governments
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Hannah Arendt’s Theory of Totalitarianism: Hannah Arendt is widely regarded as one of the most important‚ unique and influential thinkers of political philosophy in the Twentieth century. Arendt was greatly influenced by her mentor and one time lover‚ Martin Heidegger‚ whose phenomenological method would help to greatly shape and frame Arendt’s own thinking. Like Heidegger‚ Arendt was sceptical of the metaphysical tradition which tended towards abstract conceptual reasoning; ultimately at odds
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When Hannah Arendt completed her work The Origins of Totalitarianism‚ she essentially took a historical approach for her analysis. The stories of Nazism and Stalinism exhibited the power of reorienting the mass for political purpose. However‚ her work foreshadowed what happened 15 years later in China -- The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. The key elements reappeared and constituted another experiment of pushing the regime to be totalitarian. I argue that the influence of mass and the strategy
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cannot be lived under totalitarianism. She attempts to grab the attention and emotions of the reader by creating a connection with the vision of a life a human dreams about and shows how under communism it is not possible. “ This is the service the arts do‚ and totalitarians first idea is to destroy exactly this.” By pointing out the weaknesses in communism‚ she makes the reader see the logical side of her argument as well. She states that Communism is apart of totalitarianism. That fascism and communism
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Totalitarianism Destroys Humanity Totalitarianism is a form of government that is ruled by a leader who possesses absolute power and permits no privacy and freedom among its citizens. Countries that practice totalitarian government have unhappy citizens because the government has complete control of their lives‚ like Oceania in Orwell’s novel‚ 1984. Totalitarianism is harmful because it dehumanizes citizens in so many ways and as a result‚ it only leads to human extinction
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the ones who disobey‚ and having every move planned. In the early 1920s‚ Benito Mussolini coined the term totalitario. “Totalitarianism‚ form of government that seeks to subordinate all aspects of the individual’s life to the authority of the government.” Mussolini described totalitarianism as “All within the state‚ none outside the state‚ none against the state.” (“Totalitarianism”). Individuals in a totalitarian state cannot claim any freedom of speech‚ thought or writing. Strict censorship is expressed
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Totalitarianism: A World of Terror Totalitarian is defined as “of or relating to a political regime based on subordination of the individual to the state and strict control of all aspects of the life and productive capacity of the nation especially by coercive measures (as censorship and terrorism) (Totalitarian)”. Through totalitarianism the government is able to completely control its citizens. This can cause everyone to no longer be individuals‚ no longer be creative‚ and no longer be imaginative
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Totalitarianism: The Government of the Future? In both novels‚ 1984 by George Orwell and Handmaid’s Tale by Margret Atwood‚ the world in which the main characters live in is a totalitarian nation looking for utopia. Both main characters are presented as rebels against their governments but both worlds are very different. Winston Smith and Offred are looking for a way to beat their governments‚ and their rebellion leads them to similar situations. They both gain friends and information to help
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totalitarian governments. Totalitarian governments are defined by a government that stays in power through propaganda‚ media‚ restriction of speech‚ mass surveillance‚ and fear. In the early 1900s‚ totalitarian governments were on the rise. Examples of totalitarianism in Europe existed in fascist Italy‚ Nazi Germany‚ and Soviet Russia. George Orwell‚ a British author‚ recognized the horrors of totalitarian governments and wrote 1984 as a warning against totalitarian rule. Orwell utilizes symbols such as Big
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