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The origins of totalitarianism /

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In 1951, a monumental book by a relatively unknown German-Jewish émigré cast a spotlight on the terrifying new mode of political organization underlying the simultaneous emergence of Nazism and Stalinism. Herself a refugee from Nazi persecution, Hannah Arendt sought from her exile in New York City t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975 (Author)
Other Authors: Kohn, Jerome (Editor), Wild, Thomas (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Library of America, [2025].
Edition:Expanded edition.
Series:Library of America ; 389.
Subjects:
Totalitarianism.
Imperialism.
Antisemitism.
Table of Contents:
  • The origins of totalitarianism
  • Pt. 1. Antisemitism
  • Antisemitism as an outrage to common sense
  • The Jews, the nation-state, and the birth of Antisemitism
  • The Jew and society
  • The Dreyfus Affair
  • Pt. 2. Imperialism
  • 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
  • Pt. 3. Totalitarianism
  • A classless society
  • The Totalitarian Movement
  • Totalitarianism in power
  • Ideology and terror: A novel form of government
  • Appendix: Concluding remarks
  • Reflections on the Hungarian Revolution.