Title: Paving the Way for Totalitarianism: Understanding the Relationship Between Democracy and Populism Through Conspiracy Theories
Abstract: This thesis is a conceptual study focused on the relationship between populism and conspiracy theories to see if populism poses a totalitarian threat to democracy. Starting with a discussion on democracy and populism, this thesis examines the relations between conspiracy theories and populism as well as their respective constructions. Thereafter, departing from Hannah Arendt’s book the Origins of Totalitarianism this thesis investigates the totalitarian threat of populism to democracy. Comparing and contrasting the relations between democracy, populism, conspiracy theories, and totalitarianism throughout its course, this thesis argues that populism poses a threat to democracy which might make it increasingly totalitarian.
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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