In the first volume of her landmark philosophical work, The Origins of
Totalitarianism, the political theorist traces the rise of
antisemitism in Europe. Since it was first published in 1951, The
Origins of Totalitarianism has been recognized as the definitive
philosophical account of the totalitarian mindset. A probing analysis
of Nazism, Stalinism, and the “banality of evil”, it remains one
of the most referenced works in studies and discussions of
totalitarian movements around the world. In this first volume,
Antisemitism, Dr. Hannah Arendt traces the rise of antisemitism to
Central and Western European Jewish history during the 19th century.
With the appearance of the first political activity by antisemitic
parties in the 1870s and 1880s, Arendt states, the machinery that led
to the horrors of the Holocaust was set in motion. The Dreyfus Affair,
in Arendt’s view, was “a kind of dress rehearsal”—the first
modern use of antisemitism as an instrument of public policy and of
hysteria as a political weapon. “The most original and
profound—therefore the most valuable—political theorist of our
times.”—Dwight MacDonald, The New Leader
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ISBN
9780544107977
Publisert
2016
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Mariner Books / Open Road Integrated Media
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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