The Return of Totalitarianism - Žarko Paić

The Return of Totalitarianism

Ideology, Terror, and Total Control

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Buch | Hardcover
VIII, 225 Seiten
2022 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-18941-8 (ISBN)
128,39 inkl. MwSt

This book enters into a detailed discussion with many theorists of totalitarianism, and demands a re-evaluation of approaches that speak of mass manipulation of people and ideological control mechanisms. Zarko Paic shows that totalitarianism cannot be only a political-ideological problem, but rather a problem of the relationship between the technosphere, political power, and the narcissistic culture of the spectacle, which offers postmodern revisionism and forgetfulness of history as opposed to brave civic participation in the public sphere of acting together.  He investigates the transformations the political and cultural processes linked to the notion of 'totalitarianism' undergo in the contemporary world, and the transformations (and differences) that this notion expresses today in comparison to what was realized by fascism, Nazism, and Stalinism in the 20th century.


Žarko Paić is a Professor at the University of Zagreb, where he teaches courses in Aesthetics and Media Theory. He publishes frequently in philosophy, social sciences and art theory. His publications include White Holes and the Visualization of the Body (2019), Neoliberalism, Oligarchy and the Politics of the Event (2020), and Art and the Technosphere (2022).

1. Introduction.- 2. Totalitarianism without Subject: The End of the Total State and the "Ideology" of the Corporatism.- 3. The Mystery of New Beginning: Hannah Arendt and the Political Modern Times.- 4. Metapolitics and Evil.- 5. The Triumph of Political Religions: Identity Politics and the Twilight of Culture.- 6. Ideology, Terror, Control: Does Totalitarianism have a Prospect for the Future?.- 7. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo VIII, 225 p.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Gewicht 437 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Allgemeines / Lexika
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
Schlagworte Biopolitics • Ideology • metapolitics • Political religions • Propaganda • TECHNOSPHERE • total control • total mobilization • total mobilization
ISBN-10 3-031-18941-8 / 3031189418
ISBN-13 978-3-031-18941-8 / 9783031189418
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