Theories of Totalitarianism and Modern Dictatorships
A Tentative Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4876238 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sigrid Meuschel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-98 |
| Publication date | 2000-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0725513600061000006 |
| OpenAlex | W2098834303 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
This essay discusses totalitarian theories with regard to their capacity to interpret in a normatively plausible way such different dictatorships as Nazism, Stalinism and post-Stalinism. In contrast to theoretical approaches which subsume all these regimes under a single concept (totalitarianism as total control), it argues in favor of discerning terror and ideology as main characteristics (totalitarianism as extermination). The focus on National Socialism and Stalinism needs further differentiation. Theories of bureaucratic structures and charismatic domination may help in distinguishing both regimes' very particularities; at the same time, however, they seem to fail relevant aspects of historical reality
Bureaucracy · Charisma · Communism · Democracy · Dictatorship · Economics · Epistemology · Ideology · Nazism · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social science · Socialism · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |