In the second volume of The Origins of Totalitarianism, the political
theorist traces the decline of European colonialism and the outbreak
of WWI. 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 second volume, Imperialism, Dr. Hannah
Arendt examines the cruel epoch of declining European colonial
imperialism from 1884 to the outbreak of the First World War. Through
portraits of Disraili, Cecil Rhodes, Gobineau, Proust, and T.E.
Lawrence, Arendt illustrates how this era ended with the decline of
the nation-state and the disintegration of Europe’s class society.
These two events, Arendt argues, generated totalitarianism, which in
turn produced the Holocaust. “The most original and
profound—therefore the most valuable—political theorist of our
times.”—Dwight MacDonald, The New Leader
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ISBN
9780547705200
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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