Totalitarianism and Philosophy / Alan Haworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haworth, Alan, 1944- author.

Series:

Routledge focus on philosophy

Routledge Focus on Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Totalitarianism.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

104 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, [2020]

Summary:

"When Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin first came to power in the 1930s their regimes were considered by many to represent a new and perplexing phenomenon. They were labelled 'totalitarian'. But is 'totalitarianism' genuinely new, or is the word just another name for something old and familiar, namely tyranny? This is the first question to be addressed by Alan Haworth in this book, which explores the relevance of philosophy to the understanding of totalitarianism. In the course of the discussion, definitions are tested. Is it coherent to think of totalitarianism as the imposition of a 'total state', or of 'total control'? Could it even be that the idea of totalitarianism is a 'non-concept'? Examining the work of the totalitarian philosophers Giovanni Gentile and Carl Schmitt, the idea of 'totalitarianism by other means' as represented in dystopian fiction, and the philosophy of Hannah Arendt, Totalitarianism and Philosophy is essential reading for all students and scholars of political philosophy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

'Totalitarianism' or Plain Tyranny?

The Total State

Total Control

Dystopia

Interim

Arendt: The Elements of Totalitarianism

From Public Realm to 'Worldlessness'

In Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Haworth, Alan, Totalitarianism and philosophy

ISBN:

9780367438258

0367438259

OCLC:

1117556579