Essays about: "totalitarian rule"

Found 2 essays containing the words totalitarian rule.

1. 1. Machiavelli and the principles behind authoritarian rule; Could he explain the fate of Muammar al-Gaddafi?

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Andreas Delphin; [2014]
   Keywords : Machiavelli; totalitarian rule; autocratic rule; principles of power; Gaddafi; Machiavelli; envålds styre; maktstruktur;

   Abstract : This study will try an hypothesis built on Machiavellis principles of power and examine the position of Machiavellis importance in the world of today. The hypothesis contains principles of Machiavellis thoughts on power and is ment to be used as an analytical tool to understand the downfall of totalitarian leaders. READ MORE

3. 2. Why do Things Fall Apart? : A Psychological Analysis of Okonkwo's Personality and his Ultimate Demise in Chinua Achebe's Novel Things Fall Apart

   University essay from Akademin för utbildning och ekonomi

   Author : Justin Lee Cowlin; [2011]
   Keywords : Chinua Achebe; Things Fall Apart; Psychoanalytic Approach; Freud; Defense Mechanism;

   Abstract : There are very few works not associated with the Western canon to have received as much attention as Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart (Ogbaa 1). However, contrary to the many post-colonial interpretations of this novel, this essay employs a psychoanalytical literary approach to discuss the cause of the protagonist’s eventual demise, based on the premise that human behaviour is driven by an unconscious process. READ MORE