a-ra-su · W239
arasu · totalitarianism; total-power-structure · ✅
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| Domain | Politics / Governance |
| Class | entity / structure |
| Type | compound |
| Register | formal |
| First use | ANT-001-A (S845): la-a-ra-su ne e-su / no ne ra-de-su — "Totalitarianism is a new form of rule — not tyranny." (Arendt, Origins of Totalitarianism) |
Composition
a- (universal scope prefix) + ra (force/power) + su (structure/organization). Head-final: su (structure) is head; a-ra (universal power) specifies the type of structure — one whose power is total/universal.
Definition
a- (universal scope prefix) + ra (power/force) + su (structure/organization) = universal-power-structure = totalitarianism. The political structure whose defining feature is that power is applied universally — to every domain of human life, public and private. Distinct from ra-de-su (W240: tyranny = deviant power, which leaves private life intact) and o-ka-su (W233: the Party as collective governance institution). Arendt: totalitarianism is not a stronger tyranny but a historically novel form that destroys both the public and private sphere. Agent-marked: la-a-ra-su. Juncture form for movement sense: a-ra-su'ki (the motion/rise of the total-power-structure = a totalitarian movement).
Related
ra (primitive: power/force), su (primitive: structure), ra-de-su (W240: tyranny — deviant-power-structure, historically prior), o-ka-su (W233: collective governance institution, distinct), wi-ra (W177: directed institutional power, narrower), wi-ra-ki (W241: state terror — the essential instrument of a-ra-su)
In the corpus
10 attestations.
| S# | Tonesu |
|---|---|
| S845 | la-a-ra-su ne e-su / no ne ra-de-su"Totalitarianism is a new [emergent] form of rule — not tyranny." |
| S846 | la-wi-ra-ki no ne ka-mu / la-wi-ra-ki helms a-ra-su"Terror is not [merely] a tool of totalitarianism; terror IS totalitarianism." |
| S850 | la-a-ra-su'ki ne-fe no-ne-zo-li / no ne-fe fa-ra-be"Totalitarian movements require [the condition of] loneliness — not hatred." |
| S851 | la-a-ra-su ka-de lo-o-ka"Totalitarianism deliberately destroys collective action." |
| S854 | la-a-ra-su ne go-su / no ne wi-to-de"Totalitarianism is [a matter of] structural circumstances — not planned conspiracy." |
| S857 | la-a-ra-su'ki ne-fe no-su-o-li / no ne-fe su-o-li"Totalitarian movements depend on the atomized masses — not on organized classes." |
| S858 | la-a-ra-su ka-de lo-ka-fe"Totalitarianism destroys the limits of the possible — everything can be done." |
| S863 | la-be-ki ne wi-fe / la-a-ra-su no ka-de lo-be-ki"Natality is a [fundamental] capacity — and totalitarianism cannot destroy it." |
| S865 | la-a-ra-su ne wife'atofeka"The totalitarian structure is legitimized epistemic closure." |
| S872 | la-no-ne-zo-li ; la-su-ra ; la-a-ra-su ne wife'atofeka"Atomization; structural force; the total-power-structure is legitimized epistemic closure." |
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