Essays on Totalitarianism

Throughout George Orwell’s novel “1984” Orwell describes a future totalitarian society that is so far extreme that it is nearly impossible to oppose the party and live. Everyone must love and be completely devoted to their god-like leader, Big Brother. The book describes in detail…

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt is an inside and out examination of the recorded conditions encompassing the ascent of authoritarianism in the twentieth century. It is part into three sections: Anti-Semitism, Imperialism and Totalitarianism. The initial two areas are given to the recorded…

A totalitarian state promises social orderly direction. This promised order is brought on from the collateral of a collapsing state. Totalitarianism may come across as a solid plan, but it strips individualism even going as far as criminalizing it. This ideology under Mao Zedong suggested…