The Origins of Totalitarianism (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Hannah Arendt
- First Published: 1951
- Type of Work: Social criticism
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics, History, Sociology
- Subjects: Power, personal or social, Class conflict, Communism or communists, Politics, Racism, Race, Europe or Europeans, World War II, Violence, Jews or Jewish life, Oppression, Anti-Semitism, Nationalism, Cruelty, Government, Nazism or Nazis, Hate crimes, Holocaust, Jewish, Totalitarianism, Imperialism, Soviet Union or Soviets
Form and Content
The Origins of Totalitarianism is a learned and reflective effort by Hannah Arendt to identify the uniquely radical evil embodied in the totalitarianism that menaced the survival of her generation and of Western civilization. It is a study which at once seeks to isolate the sources from which totalitarianism arose between 1900 and 1950, to define its historical peculiarities, and to ponder its political consequences. Critics of the work, from its publication in 1951 to the 1990’s, generally recognized it both as a seminal contribution to ongoing...
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