The origins of totalitarianism / Hannah Arendt

Incl. bibliographies and index.

Preface to the first edition -- Preface to part one: Antisemitism -- Preface to part two: Imperialism -- Preface to part three: Totalitarianism -- Part One: Antisemitism -- Antisemitism as an outrage to common sense -- The Jews, the nation-state, and the birth of antisemitism -- The Jews and society -- The Dreyfus Affair -- Part two: Imperialism -- The political emancipation of the bourgeoisie --Race-thinking before racism -- Race and bureaucracy -- Continental imperialism : the pan-movements -- The decline of the nation-state and the end of the rights of man -- Part three: totalitarianism -- A classless society -- The totalitarian movement -- Totalitarianism in power -- Ideology and terror : a novel form of government -- Bibliography -- Index

Hannah 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