For a critique of the category of totalitarianism
In 1951, by the time Hanna Arendt published The Origins of Totalitarianism, the debate over totalitarianism had been raging for a decade. However, the meaning of the term was not yet well defined. How to find your way around what, at first glance, appears like a labyrinth? Here, I abstract from the...
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| description | In 1951, by the time Hanna Arendt published The Origins of Totalitarianism, the debate over totalitarianism had been raging for a decade. However, the meaning of the term was not yet well defined. How to find your way around what, at first glance, appears like a labyrinth? Here, I abstract from the occurrences in which the adjective “totalitarian”, even more than the noun, has a positive connotation, concerning the capacity attributed to a religion or to any ideology or vision of the world to respond to all the multiple problems resulting of a dramatic crisis situation and the very questions about the meaning of life, which involve man as a whole. Still in 1958, although rejecting “legal totalitarianism”, that is, imposed by law, Barth celebrated in the following terms the universalist dynamic and omniscient effectiveness of the Christian “message”: “Totalitarian, insofar as it aims at the whole, in which requires eachman and demands it completely for himself, is also the free grace of the gospel.” |
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| spelling | ojs-article-196072024-08-20T20:10:08Z For a critique of the category of totalitarianism Para uma crítica da categoria de totalitarismo Losurdo, Domenico Losurdo, Domenico Totalitarismo Guerra Fria Hannah Arendt Século XX Totalitarism Cold War Hannah Arendt 20th century In 1951, by the time Hanna Arendt published The Origins of Totalitarianism, the debate over totalitarianism had been raging for a decade. However, the meaning of the term was not yet well defined. How to find your way around what, at first glance, appears like a labyrinth? Here, I abstract from the occurrences in which the adjective “totalitarian”, even more than the noun, has a positive connotation, concerning the capacity attributed to a religion or to any ideology or vision of the world to respond to all the multiple problems resulting of a dramatic crisis situation and the very questions about the meaning of life, which involve man as a whole. Still in 1958, although rejecting “legal totalitarianism”, that is, imposed by law, Barth celebrated in the following terms the universalist dynamic and omniscient effectiveness of the Christian “message”: “Totalitarian, insofar as it aims at the whole, in which requires eachman and demands it completely for himself, is also the free grace of the gospel.” Em 1951, no momento que Hanna Arendt publicou The Origins of Totalitarianism, o debate sobre o totalitarismo vinha se travando havia uma década. Entretanto, o significado do termo ainda não estava bem definido. Como orientarse naquilo que, à primeira vista, aparecia como um labirinto? Aqui, faço abstração das ocorrências em que o adjetivo “totalitário”, mais ainda do que o substantivo, tem uma conotação positiva, concernente à capacidade atribuída a uma religião ou a qualquer ideologia ou visão do mundo de dar resposta a todos os múltiplos problemas resultantes de uma dramática situação de crise e às próprias indagações sobre o sentido da vida, que empenham o homem em sua totalidade. Ainda em 1958, embora rejeitando o “totalitarismo legal”, isto é, imposto pela lei, Barth celebrava nos seguintes termos a dinâmica universalista e a eficácia onisciente da “mensagem” cristã: “Totalitária, na medida em que visa ao todo, em que exige cadahomem e o exige totalmente para si, também é a livre graça do evangelho”. Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas 2003-10-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artigo avaliado pelos Pares Texto Text application/pdf https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/cma/article/view/19607 10.53000/cma.v10i17.19607 Crítica Marxista; Vol. 10 No. 17 (2003); 51-79 Crítica Marxista; v. 10 n. 17 (2003); 51-79 2966-0165 0104-9321 por https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/cma/article/view/19607/14108 World; Contemporary Mundo; Contemporâneo Copyright (c) 2003 Domenico Losurdo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Losurdo, Domenico Losurdo, Domenico Totalitarismo Guerra Fria Hannah Arendt Século XX Totalitarism Cold War Hannah Arendt 20th century For a critique of the category of totalitarianism |
| title | For a critique of the category of totalitarianism |
| title_full | For a critique of the category of totalitarianism |
| title_fullStr | For a critique of the category of totalitarianism |
| title_full_unstemmed | For a critique of the category of totalitarianism |
| title_short | For a critique of the category of totalitarianism |
| title_sort | for a critique of the category of totalitarianism |
| topic | Totalitarismo Guerra Fria Hannah Arendt Século XX Totalitarism Cold War Hannah Arendt 20th century |
| url | https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/cma/article/view/19607 |
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