Description
Product ID: | 9780241316757 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
Title: | The Origins of Totalitarianism |
Authors: | Author: Hannah Arendt |
Page Count: | 752 |
Subjects: | History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Social and cultural history, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Social & cultural history, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 'How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times' Washington PostHannah 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 ''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 |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-04-06 |