1What is totalitarianism’s aim?
Total domination
2What does totalitarianism destroy?
Freedom, plurality, spontaneity, and new beginnings
3Who are the lonely masses?
Isolated individuals vulnerable to ideology
4What is ideology for Arendt?
A rigid total explanation claiming absolute truth
5What is terror for Arendt?
An instrument enforcing ideology and eliminating spontaneity
6How does law work under totalitarianism?
As supposed laws of history or nature supporting terror
7How does law work under constitutional government?
Protects rights and limits power
8What is natality?
The capacity to begin something new
9What is labor for Arendt?
Private, cyclical activity for biological subsistence
10What is work for Arendt?
Creating a lasting world of things
11What is action for Arendt?
Public, political engagement through speech and deed