In this section you will explore the concept of You will study two totalitarianism. influential ideologies that rejected liberalism—communism in the U.S.S.R. and fascism in Nazi Germany—that utilized totalitarian forms of government. In Russia, was a movement from autocracy under to a communist Tsar Nicholas II state under A quote from will offer an explanation of his ideas. Vladimir Lenin. Lenin Lastly, a former Ambassador to the Soviet Union presents an George F. Kennan, American assessment of the value of the Russian Revolution within and beyond its borders. Germany moved from the to the under Weimer Republic Nazi Third Reich Adolf Hitler. The quotations of philosophical ideas circulating in Germany 1935 Nuremberg Laws, and the Nazi Party’s provide some perspectives on the emergence of Points” “25 fascism. 1. Review pages 167 and 168 carefully. Briefly describe the characteristics of totalitarian regimes. 2. Under any totalitarian regime, conformity to the state ideology is demanded. How can conformity to the state be achieved? 3. Totalitarian regimes view existing society as failing to meet the needs of its complete transformation. citizens. They feel that society is in need of a This transformation can be either radical or reactionary.
In this section you will explore the concept of totalitarianism. You will study two influential ideologies that rejected liberalism—communism in the U.S.S.R. and fascism in Nazi Germany—that utilized totalitarian forms of government. In Russia, was a movement from autocracy under Tsar Nicholas II to a communist state under Vladimir Lenin. A quote from Lenin will offer an explanation of his ideas. Lastly, George F. Kennan, a former Ambassador to the Soviet Union presents an American assessment of the value of the Russian Revolution within and beyond its borders. Germany moved from the Weimer Republic to the Nazi Third Reich under Adolf Hitler. The 1935 Nuremberg Laws, quotations of philosophical ideas circulating in Germany and the Nazi Party’s “25 Points” provide some perspectives on the emergence of fascism. 1. Review pages 167 and 168 carefully. Briefly describe the characteristics of totalitarian regimes. 2. Under any totalitarian regime, conformity to the state ideology is demanded. How can conformity to the state be achieved? 3. Totalitarian regimes view existing society as failing to meet the needs of its citizens. They feel that society is in need of a complete transformation. This transformation can be either radical or reactionary.
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