نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Although global governance models have shown a tendency toward the establishment of democratic governments (even in religious forms), totalitarianism, as a model that caused significant tragedies in Europe during the first half of the twentieth century and continues to persist in some regions of the world, has drawn the attention of researchers from various perspectives. Hannah Arendt is among contemporary political thinkers who has extensively addressed the issue of the continuity of totalitarianism. Arendt examines totalitarianism through indicators such as the atomization of the individual and its relationship with the feeling of individual security. Although Arendt’s main idea is focused on the phenomena of Nazism and Fascism in Europe, her security theory is applicable to all totalitarian regimes. In this regard, the present research seeks to explore the foundations of Hannah Arendt’s thought and her place in 20th-century political philosophy, and to analyze the relationship between totalitarianism, individual atomization, and the feeling of security, using the Persian Gulf countries as a case study. The main research question is: How does totalitarianism and individual atomization, by creating a sense of security in individuals, ensure its own continuity? The nature of the research is applied in its objective, and the method is qualitative based on data analysis processes. The hypothesis tested in response to this question is that, in the totalitarian world, the rootless individual, due to fear, escapism from reality, and estrangement from society, finds a sense of security through imagination and views the totalitarian regime as their refuge. This contributes to the persistence of totalitarianism. This analysis, when applied, sheds light on the reasons for the continued existence of these regimes in the Persian Gulf countries, representing one of the significant findings of this research.
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