{"product_id":"the-origins-of-totalitarianism-hannah-arendt","title":"The Origins of Totalitarianism (Hannah Arendt)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eHannah 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A non-fiction bookend to \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'The political theorist who wrote about the Nazis and the 'banality of evil' has become a surprise bestseller' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHannah Arendt\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1906, and received her doctorate in philosophy from the University of Heidelberg. In 1933, she was briefly imprisoned by the Gestapo, after which she fled Germany for Paris, where she worked on behalf of Jewish refugee children. In 1937, she was stripped of her German citizenship, and in 1941 she left France for the United States. Her many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Origins of Totalitarianism \u003c\/i\u003e(1951), \u003ci\u003eThe Human Condition\u003c\/i\u003e (1958) and \u003ci\u003eEichmann in Jerusalem \u003c\/i\u003e(1963), in which she coined the famous phrase 'the banality of evil'. She died in 1975.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 752 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63608280383837,"sku":"K062565712","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/239828-6256571200001A.jpg?v=1771976648","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-origins-of-totalitarianism-hannah-arendt","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}