PPT-On Totalitarianism

History 12 Ms Leslie Totalitarianism is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible. “Down with Big Brother.”. George Orwell (1903-1949). George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Blair.. B. orn in British India in 1903.. He lived in poverty.. Worked as a policeman in Burma and saw cruelty. . Scott Masters. Crestwood College. Susan M. . Pojer. , Web Mistress. http://www.pptpalooza.net/. 19th CENTURY NATIONALISM. PATRIOTISM. ROMANTICISM. JOHANN HERDER. AND THE . VOLKSGEIST. THE RISE OF THE . Khan. The New vocabulary . Bolsheviks. V. . I. Lenin. Rasputin. provisional government. soviet. Joseph . Stalin. Totalitarianism. Command Economy. Five Year Plan. Collective Farm. Great . Purge. *Franklin Delano Roosevelt. A brief overview of the rejections of liberalism before getting into extreme rejections.. Liberalism Rejected according to the Spectrum. Liberalism. Branches of Socialis. m. Classical Conservatism. Marxism. 1920-1940. Totalitarianism v. Absolutism. Totalitarianism. People expected to participate in government. Technology. Wiretap, coordination , propaganda, mobility. Censorship. Indoctrination. Terror. Either fascist or communist. Rise of Japan. Review:. 1853: Japan opened to outside trade. 1868 Mutsuhito (Meiji) comes to throne and modernizes. 1894-1895 Japan attacks and defeats China. Sino-Japanese War. 1904-1905 Japan attacks and defeats Russia. "Beneath this mask there is more than flesh... Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. . Creedy. , and ideas are bulletproof.". Overview. V for Vendetta. deals with issues of race, sexuality, religion, totalitarianism, and terrorism. Its controversial story line and themes have, inevitably, made it the target of both criticism and praise from sociopolitical groups.. History 12. Ms Leslie. Totalitarianism. is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible. Totalitarianism is generally characterized by the coincidence of authoritarianism (i.e., where ordinary citizens have no significant share in state decision-making) and ideology. . Why . dictatorships in modern societies?. A Few Theories. Crisis Theory. Dictatorships arise via a crisis. Examples?. Great Man Theory . (reference Thomas Carlyle) . “great men” lead. Nietzsche writes that: "...the goal of humanity lies in its highest specimens“. A Political system. is a pattern of political relationships that involves power, authority, or ruling, which authoritatively allocates values for a society. The key assumption built into this definition is that in every society people have different values such as interests, objectives, desires, resources, and these must be authoritatively allocated or distributed in a conflict situation (scarcity vs. incompatible goals). “How is this done” or “how are values distributed,” or in Lasswell’s classic phrase, “Who gets What, When, and How?” becomes the basic question of politics and the main task of any political system. This question refers to “the authoritative allocation of values,” which could take different forms! . in Germany . Key Events. Why did Germany turn to Totalitarian rule during the 1920s and 1930s and what happened when Hitler . and the Nazis came . to power? .  . Step 1: . (in small groups) . Look through the 11 slides you are given. Mr. Daniel Lazar. Stalin: Hot . Emo. Hipster cum Statesman. c. 1902. Yalta, 1945. Building the USSR. 1922 . Constitution was democratic and socialist. Supreme Soviet. = elected legislature. Universal suffrage (18 and older). Totalitarianism: . government controls all aspects of the lives of the people. .. Conservative . authoritarianism: traditional form of anti-democratic government in Europe (absolutism). e.g., Louis XIV, Peter the Great, Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great, Metternich. Stalin’s Soviet Union. Mussolini’s Italy. Fascism in Spain. Totalitarianism in Japan. Fascist Germany. Hitler and The “Master Race”. Persecution of the Jewish people and Minorities. Living Space.