6/4/2023 0 Comments The history of totalitarianism![]() ![]() The term first appeared in connection with Italian fascism in the mid 1920s, but soon came to be used by proponents of liberal democracy to describe even other forms of dictatorships, such as Stalinism and National Socialism. ![]() Historically the term “totalitarianism” can be traced back to the inter-war years. Rejection of cultural and political pluralism as well as liberal representative democracy, combined with a belief in the necessity of revolutionary change to achieve the ultimate goal of a utopian society by any means necessary is commonly recognized as important features of totalitarian ideologies. Totalitarianism is generally understood as a modern concept, in the sense that modern technological and economic structures are seen as necessary preconditions for the emergence of totalitarian ideologies in the 20th century. The core of the project is an interdisciplinary network of researchers and students representing a wide range of scholarly disciplines: History, Political Science, Anthropology, Philosophy, History of Religion and History of Ideas. The overarching theme of the project is the intellectual history of “totalitarianism” as a theory and an analytical concept. The project is studying totalitarianism as a modern historical phenomenon. ![]()
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