Essays about: "Totalitarian state"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Totalitarian state.

  1. 1. Life or Death: Biopower and Racism in Huxley´s Brave New World

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Erik Illerhag; [2018]
    Keywords : Brave New World; Aldous Huxley; Biopower; Eugenics; Michel Foucault; Racism;

    Abstract : Aldous Huxley´s Brave New World describes how a totalitarian power has taken control over both body and mind of the whole population. A hierarchical caste system, where a person´s role in society is predetermined long before birth, maintains stability together with brain-washing methods and propaganda. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Human Animal : An Ecocritical View of Animal Imagery in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

    Author : Erik Fredriksson; [2013]
    Keywords : Aldous Huxley; Julian Huxley; ecocriticism; biofuturism; zoomorphism; dystopia; science fiction; animal imagery; environmentalism;

    Abstract : The early twentieth century saw the beginning of modern environmentalism. Intellectuals dreamed up solutions to the world’s problems and hoped for a better future being made possible by advances in science and technology. However, Aldous Huxley produced Brave New World which, as this essay argues, mocks the enthusiasm of his intellectual peers. READ MORE

  4. 3. Policy Reform in Egypt? : A case study

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Matilda Johansson; Annelie Nordin; [2013]
    Keywords : Democratic Policing; Security Sector Reform; Police-Public relationship; Human Security; Civil Society Organization; political will; corruption;

    Abstract : This paper studies the police reform in Egypt in the light of the revolution 2011. The ousting of the authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak was the beginning of the transition towards democracy. Within 15 months both parliamentary and presidential election had taken place. READ MORE

  5. 4. Manipulated Private and Public Spheres : The Use of Control Technologies by Totalitarian Regimes

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Alireza Mahzoon; [2012]
    Keywords : Public sphere; Private sphere; Totalitarianism; Enclosure; Panopticism; Reproductivity; Sexuality; Medicalization; Surveillance.;

    Abstract : In my paper, I explore how totalitarian regimes use technology to break the borders between the private and public spheres, through the study of two fictional works. Reflecting how real regimes operate, these fictional totalitarian regimes apply technology to extend the sphere of public authority. READ MORE

  6. 5. Is the Iranian regime a totalitarian one? : A conceptual-theoretical study of an Islamic State

    University essay from IHH, Statsvetenskap

    Author : H V; [2009]
    Keywords : The Islamic Republic of Iran; Islam; totalitarian dictatorship; ideology; state monopoly;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE