{"product_id":"the-origins-of-totalitarianism","title":"The Origins of Totalitarianism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHannah Arendt’s definitive work on totalitarianism \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e― an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political history\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA cornerstone of modern political philosophy, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Origins of Totalitarianism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has become essential reading as we grapple with the rise of autocrats and tyrannical thought across the globe. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book begins with the rise of anti-Semitism in central and western Europe in the 1800s and continues with an examination of European colonial imperialism from 1884 to the outbreak of World War I. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArendt then explores the institutions and operations of totalitarian movements, focusing on the two genuine forms of totalitarian government in our time, Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, which she adroitly recognizes were two sides of the same coin, rather than opposing philosophies of Right and Left. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom this vantage point, this work of European history discusses the evolution of classes into masses, the role of propaganda in dealing with the nontotalitarian world, the use of terror, and the nature of isolation and loneliness as preconditions for total domination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis edition includes an introduction by Anne Applebaum―a leading voice on authoritarianism and Russian history―who fears that “once again, we are living in a world that Arendt would recognize.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47878240665858,"sku":"9780063354487","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2228\/7429\/files\/originsoftotalitarianism.jpg?v=1780029346","url":"https:\/\/stlartsupply.mom\/en-au\/products\/the-origins-of-totalitarianism","provider":"St. Louis Art Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}