Hannah Arendt, education, and the question of totalitarianism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7750846 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hannah Spector (Pennsylvania Department of Education, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 89-101 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01596306.2014.927113 |
| OpenAlex | W1973767625 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 12 |
The aim of this paper is to consider the ways in which Arendt's writings on totalitarianism act as a warning sign for political and miseducational circumstances in the USA. Because the term totalitarianism has been used imprudently (largely in the mass media) to express repressive conditions in so-called models of democracy, this paper seeks to both clarify and raise questions concerning its meaning as a form of nation-state-sanctioned power and/or economic-technological force. This analysis draws largely from Arendt's definition of totalitarianism expressed as an antipolitical phenomenon characterized by terror-ruled ideological indoctrination which destroys both the public realm and the private identities. I contend that analyses of twentieth-century totalitarianism are significant to today's unprecedented questions and circumstances germinating in and having significance beyond the USA. I also describe the difficulty of action under extreme conditions. In the last analysis, I deliberate on the site of education as a totalitarian coercion
Democracy · Epistemology · Ideology · Indoctrination · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Realm · Sociology · Forgiveness and Related Behaviors · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2021 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |