HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Samuel Finer, Ana Pauker, Economic Inequality
5 Dec 2020
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The early work in this field has as its focus the origins of totalitarian and fascist forms of dictatorship. Central to this literature is an emphasis on the masses. According to hannah arendt, the rigors of extreme levels of indi-vidualism in capitalist societies attract people to totalitarianism as a form of government. Similarly, juan linz argues that totalitarianism emerges as a result of class and ideological conflict. In response to the spread of capital-ism, fascist movements form as a means of incorporating the masses into the political process and, as such, help to create totalitarian states. In linz"s view, the increased salience of nationalism also contributes to totalitarianism, by creating conflicts within societies. As dominant ethnic groups seek to integrate ethnic and cultural minorities into society and minorities in response claim their rights to self-determination the domi-nant group will often push for an authoritarian state as a means of maintain-ing order.
