In the movie, “Love and Anarchy”, there are two alternative titles to this story. The other title is “This Morning at 10 in the morning in a well known House of Tolerance.” For this asssignment, we are asked to discuss potential reasons that Wertmuller may offer these two titles for us. Personally, I do not completely understand the second title. I think “Love and Anarchy” makes much more sense, and appeals more to people in general. That may be one reason why this title is more well known, and…
considered under totalitarian regime are China, Cuba, and Iraq. The concept of totalitarianism was first brought up in the 1920s by the German state, Carl Schmitt (a nazi academic) and Italian fascists. Joseph Stalin (past leader of the Soviet Union), Benito Mussolini (past leader of Italy and creator of the National Fascist Party), and Adolf Hitler (past leader of Germany and the Nazi party) are some of the biggest totalitarian rulers from the past. One of the greatest examples of a…
Two Dictators – Two Roles In the 1900’s, Hitler and Mussolini had a huge impact on the world. Not only were they supreme leaders, but they also led their country in the World War II. Hitler and Mussolini were both strong leaders who have different accomplishments. The stock market crash in the United States in 1929 led to a depression that left millions of Germans without jobs. Unemployment rates were very high. More than 33% of the labor force was with a job in 1932. Banks in America began…
resources. At this time, they were ruled by a dictator named Benito Mussolini who promised the Italian people glory and greatness. So when the great Depression happened in America, and everyone was facing economical problems, Mussolini wanted to distract the people from all of it and to satisfy Italian imperial desires. So he decided to invade Abyssinia (current Ethiopia) because they had all the resources required and it was easy for Mussolini to take over as the Abyssinian leader, at the time,…
After World War One, there were many types of new government that emerged from the chaos of the war. But, the two major governments were dictatorships and democracies. In Germany, Italy and Russia, the dictators Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Josef Stalin came to power after the fall of democracy in each country. There were many reasons for the change to dictatorship, including inflation, unemployment and a lost sense of trust in democracy. These dictatorships ruled for many years during the…
Totalitarianism is a concept rooted in the horror of modern war, revolution, terror, genocide, and, since 1945, the threat of nuclear annihilation. It is also among the most versatile and contested terms in the political lexicon. At its simplest, the idea suggests that despite Fascist/Nazi "particularism" (the centrality of the nation or the master race) and Bolshevist "universalism" (the aspiration toward a classless, international brotherhood of man), both regimes were basically alike—which,…
political power until Benito Mussolini took control of the Italian government in 1922. Under Mussolini Italy became a Totalitarian government where labor unions were abolished and political opponents were killed or silenced. This caused many things to happen to Italy’s social and economic problems. The first of these problems was the lowered living standard of the Italian people. The people lost their eight-hour work day protection and their wages were lowered by the government. Mussolini…
Representative democracy is more effective for maintaining society than fascism because in a representative democracy the people are represented through their elected officials while in a fascist rule it is more focused on authoritarian rule where people have to be obedient to the ruler, where people don’t really get as much participation in the politics and making of the policies as a representative democracy. Also people have been historically to respond better to a democratic government where…
specific contents that were against the idealogies of the Soviet leadership. As a result, the Soviet people had only access to content that was supportive of Stalin which meant the abilties of critisizing the government were not possible. B. Benito Mussolini/Italy (Class notes, Fascist Italy Outline Notes) 1. The war proved costly for the Italians because it costed 148 billion lire. WW1 created domestic confusion as inflation undermined the middle class security, and there was high…
tragedy. The year was 1945, and the location was a farmhouse in West Virginia. The whole Sodder family consisted of a father, mother, and ten children. The father immigrated from Italy and started a family. He talked often of his disapproval of Benito Mussolini. This caused arguments and strife with other Italian Americans. The father’s beliefs may have cost him five of his children.…