History 1401E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Giovanni Amendola, Benito Mussolini, Italian Fascism
26 Sep 2018
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Totalitarianism: a centralized and dictatorial system of government requiring subservience to the state - oxford dictionary. History of the term: first use in 1923 to describe mussolini"s rule in italy. Giovanni amendola describes italian fascism as totalitarian. By 1925 the fascist don"t mind the term, it summarizes their political beliefs. Giovanni gentile uses this term to go against individualism. Benito mussolini everything in the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state (1925) Louis didn"t care about people"s thoughts as long as taxes and rules were obeyed, fascism focused on people"s beliefs. Nazi regime did not like the term because they wanted to be seen as unique. Stalinism did not use it either so not to draw parallels between italy and themselves. Hannah arendt wrote a book defining totalitarianism. Its a modern and original form of government, not just a lust for power.
