Totalitarianism between the ideology of the movement and the physics of power: Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault

The paper compares the understanding of totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault. First, a critical reading of Arendt depicts her understanding of the characteristics of totalitarianism. Ideology is ultimately shown to be crucial for Arendt. Then Foucault’s critique of the concept of ide...

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Main Authors: Toni Pavlović, Krešimir Petković
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia 2016-01-01
Series:Anali Hrvatskog Politološkog Društva
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Online Access:http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/272405