'How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times' Washington Post
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.
'A non-fiction bookend to Nineteen Eighty-Four' The New York Times
'The political theorist who wrote about the Nazis and the 'banality of evil' has become a surprise bestseller' Guardian
| ISBN: | 9780241316757 |
| Publication date: | 6th April 2017 |
| Author: | Hannah Arendt |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 752 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship Far-left political ideologies and movements Far-right political ideologies and movements Social and cultural history European history |
'How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times' Washington Post
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.
'A non-fiction bookend to Nineteen Eighty-Four' The New York Times
'The political theorist who wrote about the Nazis and the 'banality of evil' has become a surprise bestseller' Guardian
The Origins of Totalitarianism features in the following genres: Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Social and cultural history, European history
The Origins of Totalitarianism is available in Hardback, Paperback
The Origins of Totalitarianism was written by Hannah Arendt and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
The Origins of Totalitarianism has 752 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Modern Classics series
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