difficulty. With things like the Ministry of Truth‚ whose job is to change the past in a way that coincides with the government ideals‚ Big Brother is able to easily indoctrinate false information in the minds of every citizens. Even contradictory statements like “war is peace”‚ “freedom is slavery” and “ignorance is strength” (27). could so easily be embedded in the hearts and thoughts of the people. Big Brother and his party brainwash their citizens‚ not giving them the freedom‚ or opportunity to
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atmosphere of disarray that many people preyed on. When put in a position of losing a job or sacrificing her beliefs for a communist principle‚ Katherine Anne Porter stated her position very clearly. In “To Dr. William Ross” she states her strong beliefs against any form of totalitarian government or ideas because of the the way she was raised‚ the lack of freedom‚ and her love for her country. “This is the first time i’ve encountered this dangerous nonsense‚ but I have known from the beginning what my answer
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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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The totalitarianism traits of ideology‚ control of information and persecution led to the Rape of Nanking which was another atrocity committed by Japan. Ideology is making goals that will benefit the government or state. Control of information is censorship to make citizens think positively about the government or state. Furthermore‚ persecution is the belief of wrongdoing of the enemies of different ethnic‚ religious or political groups. An example of ideology used by the Japanese government
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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 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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In this essay‚ I will be comparing and contrasting totalitarianism‚ socialism‚ communism‚ nationalism‚ absolutism‚ Islamism‚ and republicanism. The first type of government is totalitarianism. It was formed in the 1920’s by Weimar German Jurist & the Nazi academic‚ Carl Schmitt & Italian fascists. This became prominent in the Western Anti-Communist political discourse during the cold war. The people that live in this type of government‚ are subject to censorship. This means that they cannot tell
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Many political leaders‚ especially in Africa‚ are known to engage in financial malpractice involving public funds meant for the communities they represent. The few people who run the resources of a country end up abusing the resources. These resources that are supposed to be channeled to develop infrastructure or educate the citizens end up being misused‚ misapplied or misappropriated by those entrusted to bring development. For example in Zambia‚ Constituent Development Funds (CDF) have been diverted
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Totalitarianism and Its Effects on Society Throughout Europe‚ most countries had remained democratic until the early 1900s. Following World War I‚ the government systems of Europe began changing‚ with some countries remaining democratic while others shifted into dictatorships and totalitarianism. 2 in particular became very prominent; the Nazis of Germany and the fascists of Italy. After these parties emerged‚ Germany under the Nazis were led with rules of extreme racism‚ while the Italian leaders
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