Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt
(Author)
Anne Applebaum
(Introduction by)
Description
Recognized on publicaton as the definitive account of its subject and ten years later hailed as a classic by the "Times Literary Supplement," this remarkable book has been foremost wherever the characteristics and problems of the twentieth century are discussed. Dr. Arendt's study begins with an account of the rise in the nineteenth century and continues with an examination of European colonial imperialism from 1884 to the outbreak of World War I. The final section deals with the institutions, organizations, and operations of totalitarian movements and governments, focusing on the two genuine forms of totalitarian dominion in history - Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia. Dr. Arendt discusses the transformation of classes into masses, the role of propaganda in dealing with the nontotalitarian world, and the use of terror, the very essence of this form of government. And in a brilliant concluding chapter she analyzes the nature of isolation and lonelines as preconditions for total domination.The present edition includes all of the material in the 1966 "New Edition, " together with the prefaces to the 1968 Harvest editions of "Antisemitism" and "Imperialism."
Product Details
Price
$19.99
$18.59
Publisher
Mariner Books
Publish Date
March 21, 1973
Pages
576
Dimensions
5.3 X 7.9 X 1.5 inches | 1.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780156701532
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About the Author
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) is considered one of the most important and influential thinkers of the twentieth century. She is the author of numerous articles and books, including The Origins of Totalitarianism and the essay collection Men in Dark Times.
Anne Applebaum is a staff writer at The Atlantic and a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Her books Gulag: A History; Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956; and Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine have appeared in more than two dozen translations. Her most recent book is Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism. Applebaum is a former columnist for The Washington Post and a senior fellow of the Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University.