PPT-Totalitarianism What is it?

A government that takes total control over every aspect of public AND private life People give up liberty for a sense of security Need a dynamic leader to pull it off Stalin Mao Hitler. “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. . Dictators of the Post-WWI World. Characteristics of Totalitarianism. An official ideology. Italy—Fascism. Germany—Nazism. USSR—Communism. A single mass party. Fascists (Italy). Nazis (Germany). 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 . 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. Hitler. What was Hitler’s Early Life Like. Born to . Alois. and . Klara. Hitler in Austria. .. Wanted to be an artist – not accepted into the Vienna Academy of Art. Hitler’s Paintings. How did WWI Influence Hitler?. 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. 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! . 1910-1950. By Richard Barber. And. Henry . Guzi. “I realize now that Stalin’s greatest crime was not the arrests and the shootings he ordered. His greatest crime was the destruction of the human spirit.”. 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). Rise of Totalitarianism Activity. Step 1: Once you have received your assigned reading, review the reading silently. . Step 2: Reread the assigned reading out loud as a group. Be sure that every group member reads at least one paragraph aloud. Answer the following questions below when you have finished reading: . 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. “Alternative voices are stigmatized by a veritable Ministry of Truth, which is crowded with “fact checkers.” Freedom of speech is curtailed by various forms of censorship and self-censorship people’s right to self-determination is infringed upon by coercive vaccination strategies, which impose heretofore unthinkable social exclusion and segregation upon society.”