Totalitarianism: a Criminal Oligarchy of Political Nihilism

• In Event: Oppression and Otherness

Brief Overview

This paper highlights two aspects of the anti-totalitarianism of Karl Popper and Hannah Arendt: from different perspectives, both argue that totalitarianism represents a criminal oligarchy perpetuated by a specific species of political nihilism.

Author

• Paul H Spalletta, Brandeis University