Dreher’s Framework for Identifying Totalitarian Patterns
Core Definition: Hannah Arendt’s Foundation Dreher’s framework is built on Hannah Arendt’s definitive analysis of totalitarianism from The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951). The framework is ideology-neutral because it focuses on structural mechanisms rather than content. Fundamental Distinction: Totalitarianism vs. Authoritarianism Authoritarianism: Totalitarianism: The Five-Point Diagnostic Framework 1. The Politicization of Everything Core Mechanism: An ideology…