totalitarianism

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George Orwell’s 1939 novel, “Coming Up for Air,” tells the story of an unremarkable suburban London householder who is seized with a feeling of overwhelming dread by the looming terrors of war and totalitarianism.

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Whereas authoritarianism may leave society outside the political realm more or less intact, totalitarianism makes a total claim on civil society.

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The works of Hannah Arendt on totalitarianism and obedience are essential readings as well, especially her classic book On the Origins of Totalitarianism.

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Under competitive authoritarianism, and even under fully autocratic totalitarianism, ruling leaders often carry a lot of support from the mass public.

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Shore, who researches totalitarianism in Eastern Europe, said that she had felt similarly but had made her decision in December or January.

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