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'''Totalitarianism''' includes "right-wing" [[Nazism]] & [[Fascism]] and "left-wing" [[Communism]] as systems which seek total government control over several major aspects of human life. | '''Totalitarianism''' includes "right-wing" [[Nazism]] & [[Fascism]] and "left-wing" [[Communism]] as systems which seek total government control over several major aspects of human life. | ||
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| + | Arendt was one of the first to recognize that Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were two sides of the same coin rather than opposing philosophies of Right and Left. [http://www.amazon.com/Origins-Totalitarianism-Hannah-Arendt/dp/0156701537] | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 19:34, May 11, 2007
Totalitarianism includes "right-wing" Nazism & Fascism and "left-wing" Communism as systems which seek total government control over several major aspects of human life.
Arendt was one of the first to recognize that Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were two sides of the same coin rather than opposing philosophies of Right and Left. [1]
See also
External links
- Nazi Fascism and the Modern Totalitarian State - explains difference between left and right wings