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Indoktrination und irrationale Überzeugungsbildung: über eine Herrschaftstechnologie der Weltanschauungsdiktatur
Indoctrination and formation of irrational conviction: a domination technology of the ideological dictatorship
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Abstract "Ideological dictatorships not only base their legitimacy on the agreement of those being subject to their rule, also their long-term stability depends on sufficient numbers agreeing with their rule. Agreement may be expected most of all if the members of the respective community have internalised t... view more
"Ideological dictatorships not only base their legitimacy on the agreement of those being subject to their rule, also their long-term stability depends on sufficient numbers agreeing with their rule. Agreement may be expected most of all if the members of the respective community have internalised the system's ideology. The process of shaping the consciousness, which results in internalising the system's ideology without the individual having rational reasons for developing the respective conviction, is called 'indoctrination'. The contribution analyses the means of indoctrination as the crucial and indispensable technology of the rule of ideology-guided dictatorships." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
education; historical analysis; legitimation; Nazism; rationality; comparative research; Weltanschauung; securing of power; propaganda; formation of consciousness; dictatorship; behavior; domination; logic; political domination; USSR; truth; guarantee of domination; Third Reich; ideology
Classification
General History
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Method
applied research; epistemological; historical; basic research
Free Keywords
Indoktrination
Document language
German
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 135-163
Journal
Totalitarismus und Demokratie, 10 (2013) 1
Issue topic
Akteure der Diktatur: Regionale Fallstudien zur NS- und SED-Herrschaft
ISSN
1612-9008
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications