NICOLA DE JAGER: Critical theory is not critical thinking, but can be a totalising ideology
29 November 2024 - 05:00
A key characteristic of 20th-century totalitarian systems was the deliberate assault on the individual’s private moral judgment through control over education, information and communication.
The Bolshevik and Nazi regimes had in common an official ideology to which its respective societies were expected to adhere. Ideologies are overarching frames for interpreting state and society that tend to include a programme and strategy for how to change and reform a society. ..
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