Totalitarianism
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Totalitarianism includes "right-wing" Nazism & Fascism & Theocracy 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 suggest 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
Bibliography
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt ISBN 0-15-670153-7
External links
- Nazi Fascism and the Modern Totalitarian State - explains difference between left and right wings