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The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

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ISBN
9780156701532

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0156701537
ISBN-13
9780156701532
eBay Product ID (ePID)
81241

Product Key Features

Book Title
Origins of Totalitarianism
Number of Pages
576 Pages
Language
English
Topic
History & Theory, Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism, World / European, Europe / General
Publication Year
1973
Genre
Political Science, History
Author
Hannah Arendt
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
15.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in

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Trade
LCCN
68-003757
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
Schocken's is the first hardcover edition of Arendt's 1951 volume to be available in decades. The book begins its study with European anti-Semitism in the 1800s and moves up to Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany, which the author fled in the 1930s. This edition sports a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha, "The work of one who has thought as well as suffered . . . A disquieting, moving, and thought-provoking book." -- New York Times Book Review "How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times, even if they are different and perhaps less dark, and Origins raises a set of fundamental questions about how tyranny can arise and the dangerous forms of inhumanity to which it can lead." -- Jeffrey C. Isaac, Washington Post
Dewey Decimal
321.9
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"How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times, even if they are different and perhaps less dark, and "Origins" raises a set of fundamental questions about how tyranny can arise and the dangerous forms of inhumanity to which it can lead." Jeffrey C. Isaac, The Washington Post Hannah Arendt's definitive work on totalitarianism and an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political history The Origins of Totalitarianism begins with the rise of anti-Semitism in central and western Europe in the 1800s and continues with an examination of European colonial imperialism from 1884 to the outbreak of World War I. Arendt explores the institutions and operations of totalitarian movements, focusing on the two genuine forms of totalitarian government in our time--Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia--which she adroitly recognizes were two sides of the same coin, rather than opposing philosophies of Right and Left. From this vantage point, she discusses the evolution of classes into masses, the role of propaganda in dealing with the nontotalitarian world, the use of terror, and the nature of isolation and loneliness as preconditions for total domination., Hannah Arendt's definitive work on totalitarianism, an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political history., Hannah Arendt's definitive work on totalitarianism--an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political history--now with a new introduction by Anne Applebaum Hannah Arendt's definitive work, The Origins of Totalitarianism, is an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political history. It begins with the rise of anti-Semitism in central and western Europe in the 1800s and continues with an examination of European colonial imperialism from 1884 to the outbreak of World War I. This edition includes an introduction by Anne Applebaum - a leading voice on authoritarianism and Russian history - who fears that "once again, we are living in a world that Arendt would recognize." Hannah Arendt explores the institutions and operations of totalitarian movements, focusing on the two genuine forms of totalitarian government in our time, Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, which she adroitly recog­nizes were two sides of the same coin, rather than opposing philosophies of Right and Left. From this vantage point, she discusses the evolution of classes into masses, the role of propaganda in dealing with the nontotali­tarian world, the use of terror, and the nature of isolation and loneliness as preconditions for total domination., Hannah Arendt's definitive work on totalitarianism--an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political history--now with a new introduction by Anne Applebaum Hannah Arendt's definitive work, The Origins of Totalitarianism, is an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political history. It begins with the rise of anti-Semitism in central and western Europe in the 1800s and continues with an examination of European colonial imperialism from 1884 to the outbreak of World War I. This edition includes an introduction by Anne Applebaum - a leading voice on authoritarianism and Russian history - who fears that "once again, we are living in a world that Arendt would recognize." Hannah Arendt explores the institutions and operations of totalitarian movements, focusing on the two genuine forms of totalitarian government in our time, Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, which she adroitly recog-nizes were two sides of the same coin, rather than opposing philosophies of Right and Left. From this vantage point, she discusses the evolution of classes into masses, the role of propaganda in dealing with the nontotali-tarian world, the use of terror, and the nature of isolation and loneliness as preconditions for total domination.
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  • by rdsmit569z
    21 Jun, 2022

    A classic

    This is the go to book for the subject. It continues to resonate decades after it being published. Current historians still quote it. A classic.

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  • by judytfalcone-0
    30 Jan, 2020

    the origins of totalitarianism describes the rise if hitler and stalin and choosing an "other" to unify the masses

    As relevant today as it was in 1950

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: second.sale

  • by sgluzman
    22 Mar, 2017

    relevant book for these times

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    12 Oct, 2021

    Important

    Top 20 most important books of all time.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: goodwillsa

  • by zeektl03_1
    25 Apr, 2019

    It was great

    thanks

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