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The Origins of Totalitarianism

The Origins of Totalitarianism Paperback - 1973

by Hannah Arendt

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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.
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  • Title The Origins of Totalitarianism
  • Author Hannah Arendt
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 576
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York
  • Date 1973-03-21
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SQ2583953
  • ISBN 9780156701532 / 0156701537
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.3 x 1.5 in (20.07 x 13.46 x 3.81 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
  • Library of Congress subjects Imperialism, Totalitarianism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 73158194
  • Dewey Decimal Code 320.53

Summary

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.

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Bibliography: p. [483]-507.

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