How does a totalitarian society work?
with Ergys Mërtiri
Summary
Ergys Mërtiri explains the two pillars of totalitarian society according to Hannah Arendt — terror and totalitarian logic — and how the Sigurimi, the state security service of Enver Hoxha's Albania, achieved “atomisation” by pushing fear all the way into people's intimate lives.
An excerpt from the lecture “Ergys Mërtiri — Totalitarian Albania and the new man”.
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