The Origins of Totalitarianism

How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times'' Washington Postbr>br>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. br>br>''A non-fiction bookend to Nineteen Eighty-Four'' The New York Timesbr>br>''The political theorist who wrote about the Nazis and the ''banality of evil'' has become a surprise bestseller'' Guardian>

Product details

• Authors: Hannah Arendt, Arendt Hannah
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.04.2017
• EAN: 9780241316757
• ISBN: 978-0-241-31675-7
• No. of pages: 752
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 196 mm x 33 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, HISTORY / Social History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship