On Power and Violence In this passage from “On Violence”‚ Hannah Arendt attempts to make a clear distinction between the concepts of power and violence. In her analysis‚ Violence is an instrumental character (Arendt‚ 46). It stands in need of justification for some future purpose and of implements to carry its resolution. Power‚ she distinguishes‚ is characterized by legitimacy (52). It stands in need of numbers and mass support. Even though power and violence can be found in conjunction with one
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Was the Application of Terror the Main Method of Consolidation for Mao and the CCP between 1949 and 1952? Many would have cause to argue that terror was Mao’s ‘weapon of choice’ in consolidating his and the CCP’s power and control over the Chinese people; however‚ there are certainly other factors such as overwhelming military and political control‚ or persecution of certain demographics that could be considered to be just as important as the use of fear to force the masses into submission. While
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the consolidation of fascist power in Italy in the years 1922-1929 was mainly due to the use of force and intimidation? Mussolini consolidation of fascist power in Italy in the years 1922-1929 could have been mainly due to the use of force and intimidation. However this was not a straightforward process‚ since fascism was a new thing. In the years 1922 to January 1925 marked the transition from the liberal parliamentary system to the fascist state. Like many political transitions‚ it was an untidy
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In The Nazi Seizure of Power by William Sheridan Allen‚ the author is able to show the reader the support building strategy used by the Nazi party in Northeim and surrounding areas. Allen’s thesis is that Nazi party was able to succeed the village of Northeim and else where because they were able to reach out the lower and middle class. Since these classes held the majority of the population‚ the Nazi party discovered what they wanted from government officials and then used that to persuade these
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Russia was torn between the world war and the population was threatened as levels of starvation rose whilst industry fell. The provisional government could not do much to stop Russia plummeting as they did not have much power and the people of Russia failed to support them (1). The citizens of Russia were desperately looking for help and the Bolshevik party‚ created with the help of Lenin and Trotsky in the year 1917‚ had the answer. Slowly‚ they had managed to become one of the most powerful parties
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“The Nazi rise to power was essentially linked to the Great Depression” (Holtfriech). To what extent do you agree with this statement? After all the hard work put in by the Nazis over several years in order to access rise to power‚ President Hindenburg finally appointed Hitler as Chancellor of Germany on 30th January 1933. Many historians have argued about how this all came about‚ however one in particular‚ Holtfriech‚ believes their rise to power was all due to the Great Depression‚ which was a world-wide
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would start arguably the most controversial war of our time and divide public opinion for years to come. The war on terror is used to describe this international military campaign that started as a reaction the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. The term “war on terror” was initially used to describe the post 9/11 war in Afghanistan against Al Qaeda and the Taliban but was however expanded in 2003 to include the Iraq war. But this inclusion of the war in Iraq which had no links to the
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Name: Zachary Pearlstein Student Number: 250569821 TA: Andy Chatter Essay Question: Is terrorist political violence primarily due to identity (culture‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ etc.) or economic (poverty‚ unemployment‚ etc.) grievances? There are two main motivations‚ which cause a person or group to perform a political terrorist action. These people are motivated to perform these actions because their identity or culture is different than their opponents‚ or they have economic grievances such
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To what extent was the rise of the Nazi Party due to Hitler’s personality? Explain your answer. [12] I agree that Hitler’s personality contributed to the rise of the Nazi Party‚ but there were other factors that caused the Nazi Party to become such a success. Hitler appealed immensely to the German public as he was a very good orator‚ and his speeches were almost always extremely persuasive. Hitler was extremely charismatic and put much effort into his speeches‚ punctuating them with plenty of hand
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personalities: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin; Josef Stalin To what extent did Lenin and/or Stalin bring about social and economic change? (2011) How effective were the internal and external policies of Josef Stalin? (2010) How did dictators use propaganda and/or terror to maintain power? (2009) What did Lenin and Stalin contribute to communism in Russia? (2008) To what extent did Stalin transform the society and economy of the Soviet Union? (2006) How successful were Stalin in Russia and/or Mussolini in Italy
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