Main entry:

Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975, author.

Title & Author:

The origins of totalitarianism / Hannah Arendt.

Publication:

[London] : Penguin Classics, 2017.

Description:

xlviii, 702 pages ; 20 cm.

Series:

Penguin modern classics

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Antisemitism as an outrage to common sense -- The Jews, the nation-state, and the birth of antisemitism -- The Jews and society -- The Dreyfus affair -- The political emancipation of the bourgeoisie -- Race-thinking before racism -- Race and bureaucracy -- Continental imperialism : the Pan-movements -- The decline of the nation-state and the end of the rights of man -- A classless society -- The totalitarian movement -- Totalitarianism in power -- Ideology and terror : a novel form of government.

Summary:

Hannah Arendt's chilling analysis of the conditions that led to the Nazi and Soviet totalitarian regimes is a warning from history about the fragility of freedom, exploring how propaganda, scapegoats, terror and political isolation all aided the slide towards total domination.

ISBN:

0241316758 paperback
9780241316757 paperback

Subject:

Totalitarianism.
Imperialism.
Antisemitism.
Totalitarisme.
Impérialisme.
Antisémitisme.
totalitarianism.
antisemitism.
Politics and Government.

Added entries:

Penguin modern classics.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 298136
Call No.: BIB 244408
Status: Available