1. Totalitarianism Group:4 Nikole Apel, Tim Hendrickson, Troy Sauceda,
Brandon Kuzel and Nick Mistic

2. Definition
Totalitarianism is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life.

3. History
Totalitarianism was formulated by Giovanni Amendola in 1923.

4. History (cont.)
He described a society in which the ideology of the state had influence, if not power, over most of its citizens.

5. Benito Mussolini
Everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.
-Benito Mussolini

6. Authoritarianism vs. Totalitarianism
Authoritarianism Totalitarianism
Charisma High Low
Role Conception Leader as function Leader as Individual
Ends of Power Public Private
Corruption Low High

7. Totalitarianism in Architecture
Ministry of Truth as an "enormous, pyramidal structure of white concrete, soaring up terrace after terrace, three hundred meters into the air"

8. Work Cited
Whikipedia.com