Authoritarianism

I would like to think I am an open-minded person. I am a Democrat. I believe women should be able to do what they want with their bodies, so they have the right to have abortions. Although I personally would never, other women should be free to do so. I believe gun control should be up to each state, but I don’t like the average Texan stance on guns. I don’t have a reason to use marijuana, but some people do. Legalizing it could help a lot of people who are sick and suffering.…

Authoritarianism and democracy differ greatly on the political spectrum. As defined in class, authoritarianism is “a political system that concentrates power in the hands of a leader or small elite that is not constitutionally responsible to the body of the people”. In simpler terms, authoritarianism is a political system that grants a few individuals the power to control the nation-state. Authoritarianism governments are more concerned with their own rights rather than the peoples, and those…

Magstadt totalitarian is a political system in which every facet of the society, the economy, and the government is tightly controlled by the ruling elite. Authoritarianism is a system in which all legitimate power rest in one person called a dictator or small group known as oligarchy (Magstadt pg 90& 120). Totalitarianism and Authoritarianism are both like the dictatorship form of governance, but there are great differences between them, namely: who control the political power, the relationship…

the unification of social structure because it provides society with a common enemy to oppose. Orwell portrays the effects of authoritarianism through the innocence of children. They were role-playing as Thought Police, but Winston had “an uneasy feeling, so vicious was the boy’s demeanour, that it was not altogether a game.” (1984, 30) Innocence tainted by authoritarianism emphasizes the extent to which the Party’s control reigns. Orwell’s inspiration of these “junior…

society between growing secularization and the necessity of maintaining a nationalist centred government was sufficient for the integration of causal factor in modern authoritarian trends. In Germani’s book Authoritarianism, Fascism, and National Populism, his main argument is that authoritarianism should be seen as a primarily middle-class reactionary movement. However through the authoritarian regimes of Pilsudski’s Poland and Dollfuss Austria, it will be demonstrated that authoritarian…

BUENVENIDA, Raine / 11540354 GREATWK FINAL ASSESSMENT MINI-PAPER ESTORES, Kate / 11518871 GREATWK A51 / December 13, 2017 V FOR VENDETTA FINAL PAPER PART I. Ideas Briefly define and describe the following concepts: Authoritarianism via Hannah Arendt According to Arendt, authoritarianism is defined by its emphasis on constant movement, which dismisses the individuality of man by compelling him to become just a puppet in the grand show of history. Its essence is terror and the sole purpose of…

Sangeeta Rana In this essay I will talk about 4 different kinds of economic and social policies, and how they correspond to a right-wing, left-wing, libertarian or authoritarian policies. In the first paragraph I will explain the difference between the right and left-wing and in the second one it will be the difference between a libertarian and authoritarian policies. In the third one I will talk and explain which one of the left-wing or right-wing is an example of the one of the two economic…

Boy by Richard Wright, have the characteristic of authoritarianism. This trait is positive in Mrs. Jones, however, it is negative in the mother. Both the wife in The Snows of Kilimanjaro by E. Hemingway, and Mr. Cooper from the Minister’s Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne have the characteristic of determination. Also here, determination made the wife a positive character, while it made Mr. Cooper a negative one. The characteristics of authoritarianism and determination have the power to make…

Erich Fromm was highly impressed by the work of Carl Marx and Sigmund Freud; his first step was an attempt to synthesis their ideas. As a result, he began to write his thesis about freedom that itself creates a psychological problem. Fromm believed that when human race distinct themselves from nature and other animals they not only gained so called freedom, but also started to experience the feeling of loneliness and isolation. The feeling of loneliness consequently leads to another…

Brian Koslow, a professional guest speaker and an author, states, “If you nurture your mind, body and spirit, your time will expand, you will gain a new perspective that will allow you to accomplish much more.” In other words, if people want to become a better person, they will condition themselves into becoming one. In the film, Max, led by a fictional character named Max, exposed a defiant story about Adolf Hitler’s journey into leading many Germans into abominating the Jewish community. When…