Essays on Totalitarianism

There is no voice from citizens in a country under control by the totalitarian government. In a totalitarian government, the highly central authority seeks to control everything of society. The power of the masses is small and weak, which cannot bring any devastating impact to...

Despite the abundance of publications on various international conflicts, a number of aspects concerning the experience of civilian populations in the occupied territories remain obscure. The sufferings experienced by the victims are at the forefront of the published descriptions. Yet, silence remains regarding the future...

Imagine a place where there is no color, no choice; a place where individuality and freedom have been traded for sameness and security. Lois Lowry is a popular children’s book author, she was born on March 20, 1937. She won two Newbery medal awards for...

In terms of discussing the Soviet experience, totalitarianism is a term often found in academic journals and articles. However, can this term be wholly applied to the entirety of the Soviet Union leadership? In this essay, I will discuss the concept of totalitarianism and where...

Introduction 20th Century was a new era in the world history and it was an era that differs in many aspects from other centuries by including two major wars (WW1 and WW2) and Great Depression. The modernization movement and industrialization which came with the Enlightenment...

A totalitarian form of government is one which tries to control every aspect of life including a person’s private life, how people spend every minute of their time even in private, who they can associate with or what they are allowed to say. A totalitarian...

Totalitarianism, in simple terms, is best described as a society where the ruler or ruling group has total control over the governing society. The government controls all private and private aspects of citizens life in a totalitarian society. There have been a few countries under...

Nowadays, totalitarianism is commonly thought to be a terrifying regime from the past, regime that triggered numerous deaths and suffers. However, some countries continue to maintain totalitarian or authoritarian regimes. What is more surprising, the development of modern technologies facilitates total control over the public,...

In order for one to exist in a totalitarian society whose government is successful in its control, one must deal on a day-to-day basis with strong persuasion and propaganda. These totalitarian societies have an iron grip on their people, leaving their citizens with absolutely no...

“When you give the government the power to control the money supply, it grows like a tumour until it extinguishes society itself” (Stephen Molyneux). In George Orwell’s novel 1984, it is evident Orwell is trying emphasize the dangers of having a totalitarian government, which can...

The French Revolution was an effort to transform France from an unequal rule by the monarchy into an ideal republican form of government that was based on Enlightenment concepts such as natural rights and legal egalitarianism. In its ambitious attempt to do so, it disregarded...

Writing after WWII, Hannah Arendt, in her text, The Origins of Totalitarianism, moves from a discussion of the plight (danger) of national ‘minorities’ and the altogether ‘stateless’ in the inter-war years of European history to a fundamental critique of the notion of ‘human rights’. Who...

Throughout our history, humans have struggled to create the perfect society, the utopia of our dreams where all people live free and happy. Many experiments have occurred over history to create this perfect society, from the United States to Communism, all of which were founded...