Totalitarianism

Personal dictators remain a key feature of contemporary regimes termed ‘authoritarian’ or ‘totalitarian’, particularly in their early consolidating phases. But there is still disagreement over the seemingly ideological, polemical and indiscriminate use of the term totalitarian dictatorship as an analytic concept and tool to guide foreign policy formulation. 1 Jeane Kirkpatrick elevated the taxonomy to…

Willowiest article, “Strength is ignorance; slavery is freedom: Managing culture in modern organizations”, is a harsh critique of corporate cultism’s’ totalitarian attempt of ‘controlling and winning the hearts and minds of their employees, in order to secure unusual efforts. ‘(1993 ) The article, which was published in the Journal of management studies in 1993, tests…

Guerra i Outline Thesis: A key concept to understanding Hannah Arendt’s “Total Domination” is the essence of terror and the importance of concentration camps in maintaining the Nazi totalitarian state. 1. There are numerous parts to the ideology behind the fundamental belief of totalitarianism. A) “…that everything is possible, is being verified.”(Total Domination, 280) B)…