What is Totalitarianism?
In this video, I discuss totalitarianism as a trending political system of the 20th century. When was the concept born and why? Which are the differences with normal authoritarian states and dictatorships? Is there any real usefulness to the concept? These and more questions will be answered in the video.
Learning outcomes
What is totalitarianism
What are the differences between dictatorship and totalitarianism
Why this system appeared in the 20th century
Who are its researchers
Its examples in pop culture
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:18 What is totalitarianism
00:49 The broad applicability of the concept
01:07 Totalitario
01:38 Ideology
01:54 Propaganda
02:14 Discrimination
02:38 The single party
03:02 Pluralism
03:28 The approach to religion
03:58 A creature of the 20th century
04:13 George Orwell’s 1984
04:38 Totalitarianism in pop culture
04:52 Political philosophers on totalitarianism
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References
Leslie Holmes’ great introduction to totalitarianism: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
The Britannica encyclopedia on totalitarianism: https://www.britannica.com/topic/tota...
Arendt’s “The Origins of Totalitarianism”: https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/f/the-origi...
Friedrich and Brzezinski’s “Totalitarian Dictatorship and Autocracy”: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.p...
A short article on totalitarianism by Open Democracy: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/coun...
The video of Mussolini by Instituto Luce: • 10 giugno 1940. La dichiarazione di guerra...
The video of Hitler by British Paté: • Adolf Hitler: Speech at Krupp Factory in G...
The video of Stalin by zecxixo: • Joseph Stalin (Documentary footage)
1984 trailer and book: • 1984 (1984) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]
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Black Mirror trailer: • Black Mirror | Trailer [HD] | Netflix
The Handmaid’s Tale trailer and book: • The Handmaid's Tale | Trailer
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V for Vendetta trailer and comic book: • V For Vendetta (2005) Official Trailer #1 ...
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Acknowledgments
The background picture of the thumbnail, by Heinrich Hoffman, is from the website Timeline: https://timeline.com/some-people-didn...