notion that Plato was a totalitarian‚ evident in his conception of the kallipolis which drives forward a totalitarian and utopian dream for a ‘natural class rule of the wise few over the ignorant many’3. On the contrary‚ a literary reading of Plato’s Republic could dismiss such ideas as independent of Plato’s voice in the first place. Furthermore‚ it has been put forward that Plato’s idealistic state is based on virtue and the happiness of the people‚ unlike totalitarian states. This essay will discuss
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and can still fall into the mould of a totalitarian state.” Although my views were slightly altered during the research process; I found that my hypothetical statement was just as relevant towards the end of the task as at the beginning. While some‚ upon reading this will likely brand me as a conspiracy theorist; I believe that it is incredibly naïve to dismiss the notion that Australia (or any other Western nation for that matter) could become totalitarian. In the mid to late stages of my research
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government and society should be started to arise among the peoples of the world. Philosophers like Thomas Hobbes and Baron de Montesquieu were some of the most famous of the time. Thomas Hobbes had the belief that there should be a totalitarian government. According to Hobbes‚ “the only way to escape civil war and to maintain a state of peace in a commonwealth is to institute an impartial and absolute sovereign power that is the final authority on all political issues.”(Finn). Having a totalitarian government
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Soviets in the war led to the spread of Communism within the U.S. It was a fear that many Americans spoke out against in attempt to save the American society. George Orwell spoke out against it in 1949 by warning people in his novel 1984 that the spread of Communism would affect the country negatively. In this book‚ he portrays how a totalitarian dictatorship corrupts and has the power over citizens through technology‚ psychological manipulation and mind control‚ physical control‚ and the alteration
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“Are we living in a society that the government tries to control the way people think and what they believe in?’’ For a better view of what is the totalitarian government and its impact on the society‚ it is better to give a brief summary of 1984. 1984 is a novel published in 1949 by English author Eric braille also known as George Orwell. 1984 is about totalitarianism government that tries to control every aspect of life. The novel takes place in Oceana also known as London. Oceana has been the
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How did Mussolini turn Italy into a totalitarian State? Benito Mussolini was born in 1883‚ and was Italy’s Fascist leader until his death in 1943. He was the son of a socialist blacksmith so he grew up with strong left-wing beliefs. Like his father‚ Benito too joined the Italian Socialist Party. After a brief period as a teacher‚ Mussolini began to concentrate on journalism and became the editor of “Avanti”‚ the paper of the Socialist Party. In 1912‚ with the outbreak of the war‚ Mussolini
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what is considered the major factor that began the war; that is the rise of totalitarian governments. Totalitarian governments are governments that control the way the citizens act‚ think extra. Totalitarianism had three major figures that embraced this ideology who are Joseph Jughashvili better known as Stalin‚ Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. These three leaders played a huge role in the war‚ but how did these totalitarian leaders contribute in the wars start? Each one of these leaders had a hand
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Totalitarian Government’s Misuse of Technology Will Lim A totalitarian government seeks to control not only all economic and political matters‚ but the attitudes‚ values‚ and beliefs of its population‚ erasing the distinction between state and society. The theme of technology has been a significant subject throughout the whole history of totalitarianism. In George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four‚ the totalitarian government abuses technology for its own ends instead of exploiting its knowledge
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Totalitarian Governments (Arendt Views) What is a totalitarian government? Totalitarianism is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to it’s authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private live wherever feasible. Totalitarian government is run by a sort of dictator that has immense power over the state and the people who are under him. “A totalitarian society is usually ruled by a dictator‚ and there is very little or no freedom. In totalitarianism‚ the government
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1. Is Orwell’s description of a totalitarian society in 1984 a realistic one‚ in your opinion? In the twentieth century the world got to know what totalitarianism is. Namely‚ it is a state organizational system in which the ruling authorities interfere within all the spheres as well as aspects of citizens’ lives and exercise a far-reaching pervasive control. In the literature of that period as well as contemporarily the theme of despotic dictatorship appears quite frequently. The dystopian novel
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