Psychological preconditions of totalitarianism and their effect on democratic transformations in European states
Psychological preconditions of totalitarianism and their effect on democratic transformations in European states

Summary/Abstract: Abstract: The purpose of the article is to argue that the establishment of totalitarian regimes depend on psychological features of citizens who have aspirations for being objects of total control performed by a state. Therefore, it allows totalitarian parties to use efficient methods of manipulation. Accordingly author shows that successful democratization of posttotalitarian state requires transformation of totalitarian consciousness.

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