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ISBN-10: 0156701537
ISBN-13: 9780156701532
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
Publish Date: 03/21/1973
Dimensions: 7.90" L, 5.30" W, 1.50" H

Origins of Totalitarianism

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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.”

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"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

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Details

ISBN-10: 0156701537
ISBN-13: 9780156701532
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
Publish Date: 03/21/1973
Dimensions: 7.90" L, 5.30" W, 1.50" H
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