Autocracy, dictatorship and totalitarianism
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- Created on: 25-01-18 12:38
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- Autocracy, dictatorship & totalitarianism
- Aims of Tsarists, Communists
- Tsar keep as much political power as possible, only gave up power to prevent revolution if felt it was necessary
- Lenin aimed to improve working conditions of workers, needed to challenge superstructure - Marx
- Stalin - new 'superstruct' could change base of society, had to be 1 person to stop infighting
- Khrushchev wanted to rid cults of personality. Party of secretary of state - used influence over others
- Similarities & differences in Tsarist & Communist leadership
- Similarities
- Belief in need for absolute control
- Autocracy - power to Tsar 'Superstruct' command economy (5 year plans & collectivisation) under 1 - Stalin
- Personalised power
- Use of repression to maintain control
- Use of refom to maintain control
- Reluctance to allow openness and proliferation of freedoms
- Belief in need for absolute control
- Differences
- Justifications for rule, Tsars (God) Communists nature of proleteriat, marxism
- Views of human nature, role reversal, workers praised more under comms
- Reform views. Tsars not welcome as challenges Government, Communist thought it maintained borgeois system
- Representative Govt, Same reason as reform views
- Similarities
- Nature of Rule 1855 - 1964
- Autocracy 1855-1917. 1 person with total power, ordained from God?
- Total submission, paternalistic duty (moral judge on behalf of God, support of Church) Necessity for decisions, vast Empire
- Autocracy 1855-1917. 1 person with total power, ordained from God?
- Aims of Tsarists, Communists
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