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totalism

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Noun1.totalism - the principle of complete and unrestricted power in governmenttotalism - the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
ideology, political orientation, political theory - an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation


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For analyses and evaluations of Sherman's methods and objectives, see MICHAEL FELLMAN, CITIZEN SHERMAN: A LIFE OF WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN 188-89 (1995) (describing Sherman's view of war as "moral totalism," and characterizing him as an "enormous terrorist"); J.
Robert Jay Lifton, Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism (London: Penguin, 1967); and Robert Jay Lifton, Destroying the World to Save It (New York: Metropolitan Books, 1999).
The Limits of Ayn Rand Perhaps Rand's biggest error was the totalism of her philosophy.
 
 
 
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