answer based on the attached files
“Feel, don’t think”
Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism
Authoritarianism
Definition
"An ideology that favors the principle of authority as opposed to that of individual freedom"
Different Patterns
Autocracy
Oligarchy
Monarchy
Today
Characteristics
Power by Force (Coup d'etat)
Concentration of Power
Subordination of Individual to State
Passive
Aggressive Foreign Policy
Dystopia
Examples
Totalitarianism
Definition
"complete state control over all aspects of social, personal, economic and political life"
Principles
Statism
Mystical Properties
Identity
Organic Theory of the State
Will of the state / State Above All Else - “Everything for the state; nothing against the state; nothing outside the state” (Mussolini)
Individuals’ Functions
Leadership - Cult of Personality and Examples
Dominant Ideology
Sharp Dichotomy
Citizen Commitment
Scapegoat
Revolutionary Struggle
Utopia
Totalitarianism (continued)
Principles (continued)
Propaganda
Definition, Purpose, Features
Violence and Terror
Organized Terror
Monopoly of weapons
Aims of terror
Atmosphere of Crisis
State Needs Assistance / State as Refuge
Mussolini – “Doctrine of Fascism”
History and Results
Post-WWI
On Decline?
Unsuccessful and Inefficient, Examples
1984 – “Who Controls the Past Controls the Future, Who Controls the Present Controls the Past”
Sinclair Lewis – It Can’t Happen Here
Your Book Report/Review – dystopia?
Nazi Propaganda Art