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Cases of Totalitarianism

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This chapter discusses why Spain during the Inquisition meets the criteria for being a totalitarian country, while France during its inquisition does not. Similarly, the chapter discusses why Germany meets the definition of totalitarianism during the Nazi era, but not Sweden.

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Notes

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    This will be discussed in Chap. 4, which focuses on France.

  2. 2.

    For a discussion, see also Berger (1993).

  3. 3.

    The Inquisition also began to focus on the Muslim Moriscos .

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  2. Center for Social and Economic Strategies, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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Saxonberg, S. (2019). Cases of Totalitarianism. In: Pre-Modernity, Totalitarianism and the Non-Banality of Evil. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28195-3_2

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