The Return of Totalitarianism: Ideology, Terror, and Total Control

Pai?, ?arko

ISBN 10: 3031189442 / ISBN 13: 9783031189449

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

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1st ed. 2022 edition NO-PA16APR2015-KAP.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Return of Totalitarianism: Ideology, Terror, and Total Control
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3031189442
• ISBN 13: 9783031189449
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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. Žarko Paić 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.

About the Author

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).