ENG ELC 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Charismatic Authority, Utopia, Collectivism
13 Oct 2020
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Non-democratic rule regimes that deny their citizens: participation, competition, and liberty. Power is exercised by a few, unbound by public or constitutional control. Democracy is not the norm: it is not natural, for most of history there was barely any democracy. Nondemocratic regimes also run the whole spectre of wealth and modernization. After the cold war democracy spread quickly: democracies are proud of their values. Democracies are still being challenged from beyond and within: some authoritarian regimes claim they are democratic, and therefore deserve legitimacy. Democracies are seen as equal to legitimacy, therefore other regimes want to claim this. Can be very different from other forms of authoritarianism. You need totalitarianism to understand and recognize fascism, national socialism, and. Political ideology is a key aspect of all totalitarian regimes. No political pluralism: charismatic leadership, massive political terror: stalinism and national socialism. Repression of nearly everyone / repression of specific groups: coercive mobilization of society (legitimacy)
