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Antisemitism: Part One of The Origins of Totalitarianism, Kindle Edition
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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
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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