Abstract: Atotalitarian state has two faces-one is its control over the society， and the other is its mobilization towards the society. Control implies powers domination， coercion and enslavement of the society while mobilization is to persuade， stimulate as well as encourage the society. The totalitarian state monopolizes the resources that necessitate and facilitate mass mobilization. Meanwhile， the totalitarian state is also a state of mobilization that needs to mobilize the mass continuously. Mass mobilization has become a significant way of the states social control， creation of political identity and external expansion. Mass mobilization in the totalitarian state is not always smooth whose practice manifests that it may confront triple contradictions which put mass mobilization into a dilemma.

Key words: totalitarian state, mobilization logic, operation mode