GIOVANA DE OLIVEIRA PENHA ALVES

This study aims to investigate how dehumanization has been utilized as a tool of social and political control, based on the ideas of Hannah Arendt. Through an analysis of The Origins of Totalitarianism, this research seeks to understand how racial theories, antisemitism, and racist imperialist policies have constituted mechanisms of dehumanization, culminating in totalitarian regimes. The research will focus on unraveling the processes by which dehumanization occurs, such as stereotyping, deindividuation, and animalization. Additionally, the relationship between dehumanization and the denial of the individual's political condition, according to Arendt's perspective, will be analyzed. By examining the history of totalitarianism, this study seeks to demonstrate how dehumanization is not an isolated phenomenon but rather a recurring pattern in human history. The research will contribute to a better understanding of the roots of prejudice, discrimination, and political violence, seeking to offer relevant analyses for the construction of more just and equitable societies.