Alienation, totalitarianism and genocide
The concept of Alienation
The problem of alienation has a long history and presents a complex and a vast range of its problematic issues. It is a state where one group is isolated from other groups or activities. Marxist described the condition from a capitalist point of view. He described it as a condition where workers were exploited and lacked identity with the products of their labour in the capitalist economy (Kon, 1969). The concept has; however, varied meanings for the different ages defined it differently. In the middle ages, the concept was defined depending on the degree of the mystical ecstasy of an individual to communicate with God. Later, the concept was defined by the Protestants as a …show more content…
It is a situation where the state has total authority over the society and controls all aspects in the public and private life (Kaminer, 2007). It is a concept that is attached to Hannah Arendt. Hannah is a woman who fled from Germany when Hitler rose to power. She fled to work as a refugee in Paris with other refugees from Nazi Germany. Totalitarianism is, therefore, a concept that is linked with the Soviet Union and the Nazi Germany. In the modern society, liberal thinkers argue that the practice is on the rise. It is fuelled by the crisis that exist in the modern and society. The present social-political movements in the modern society fight to gain power and when they win, they practice a social-political life that perpetrates totalitarian principles (Kaminer, 2007). The principles of totalitarianism include repression, prohibition to opposition, dictatorship; among others those characterize the modern political …show more content…
He was moved to come with the word in reference to what had happened to the Armenians in the hands of the Ottoman Turks and the actions of Hitler on Jews (Levene, 2005). He believed that these actions were beyond words like kill and harm that were used at the time to describe similar acts. The United Nations recognized the word and used it as a basis to make international laws on the act of genocide. According to the adopted definitions, genocide included the intent to destroy a national, religious, racial or ethnical group in part or in whole. In incorporated acts of killing the members, causing serious bodily harm, and manipulating the group’s life condition to inflict physical destruction. Also in includes denying them the right to birth or transfer children from then group to other groups by force (Levene,
The concept of Alienation
The problem of alienation has a long history and presents a complex and a vast range of its problematic issues. It is a state where one group is isolated from other groups or activities. Marxist described the condition from a capitalist point of view. He described it as a condition where workers were exploited and lacked identity with the products of their labour in the capitalist economy (Kon, 1969). The concept has; however, varied meanings for the different ages defined it differently. In the middle ages, the concept was defined depending on the degree of the mystical ecstasy of an individual to communicate with God. Later, the concept was defined by the Protestants as a …show more content…
It is a situation where the state has total authority over the society and controls all aspects in the public and private life (Kaminer, 2007). It is a concept that is attached to Hannah Arendt. Hannah is a woman who fled from Germany when Hitler rose to power. She fled to work as a refugee in Paris with other refugees from Nazi Germany. Totalitarianism is, therefore, a concept that is linked with the Soviet Union and the Nazi Germany. In the modern society, liberal thinkers argue that the practice is on the rise. It is fuelled by the crisis that exist in the modern and society. The present social-political movements in the modern society fight to gain power and when they win, they practice a social-political life that perpetrates totalitarian principles (Kaminer, 2007). The principles of totalitarianism include repression, prohibition to opposition, dictatorship; among others those characterize the modern political …show more content…
He was moved to come with the word in reference to what had happened to the Armenians in the hands of the Ottoman Turks and the actions of Hitler on Jews (Levene, 2005). He believed that these actions were beyond words like kill and harm that were used at the time to describe similar acts. The United Nations recognized the word and used it as a basis to make international laws on the act of genocide. According to the adopted definitions, genocide included the intent to destroy a national, religious, racial or ethnical group in part or in whole. In incorporated acts of killing the members, causing serious bodily harm, and manipulating the group’s life condition to inflict physical destruction. Also in includes denying them the right to birth or transfer children from then group to other groups by force (Levene,