Author:Hannah Arendt Binding: Paperback ISBN: 0156701537 Availability:
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Generally regarded as the definitive work on totalitarianism, this book is an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political movements. Arendt was one of the first to recognize that Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were two sides of the same coin rather than opposing philosophies of Right and Left. "With the Origins of Totalitarianism Hannah Arendt emerges as the most original and profound-therefore the most valuable-political theoretician of our times" (New Leader). Index.
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Do not buy the general books edition!!:
I spoke with an Amazon representative today by phone, but I would like to reiterate my issues with this product. Even though I had marked the first few pages, the representative assured me I would receive a full refund. While the refund is important to me, I would urge Amazon.com to discontinue selling this book, or others from this publisher or seller.
I purchased this book about a month ago, intending to use it for one of my classes. I just began reading it, had marked a few pages, and ignored my... more info
horrible copy of a wonderful book:
This is a digital scan of Arendt's classic work using OCR technology. The text is jumbled and riddled with mistakes. The notes are interspersed with the text with no clear differentiation between the two. Chapters begin and end mid sentence. As a result, a difficult book is made nearly unreadable. I strongly suggest reading this book, but steer clear of the General Books edition.
Avoid www.general-books.net--terrible copy:
I ordered two copies of Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism, as part of a reading study project. The book that arrived was published "on demand." I support that idea. But the copy received was utterly worthless. To save costs, I suppose, the book was repaginated. Since this book has footnotes, which were meant to be at the bottom of pages, the results in the scanned text were footnotes breaking up the text, with no way of easily distinguishing between footnotes and text. The lines themselves were not... more info
good:
this book is something all students of power and social control should read. not just jews. arendt is no ellie wiesel, thankfully.
