{"title":"Hannah Arendt","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-origins-of-totalitarianism","title":"The Origins of Totalitarianism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1951, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Origins of Totalitarianism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Hannah Arendt’s monumental examination of the political forces that made the catastrophes of the twentieth century possible. Tracing the development of modern antisemitism, European imperialism and the rise of Nazi and Stalinist totalitarianism, Arendt investigates how established political traditions collapsed and how movements built upon ideology, propaganda and terror came to reshape human society. Her account moves between historical analysis and political philosophy, illuminating the connections between racism, statelessness, mass society and the destruction of individual freedom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeither a conventional history nor a purely theoretical treatise, the book is distinguished by Arendt’s determination to understand totalitarianism as a new and unprecedented form of domination. Its enduring importance lies in its examination of the conditions under which truth becomes unstable, human rights are stripped of their meaning, and individuals are rendered politically powerless. A defining work of twentieth-century political thought, it remains essential to understanding the fragility of democratic institutions and the responsibilities of political life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Hannah Arendt, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Origins of Totalitarianism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Origins of Totalitarianism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The question of human rights is only addressed in passing” in Arendt’s later major works, making its treatment in The Origins of Totalitarianism especially significant.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Peg Birmingham, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Cambridge Handbook of Human Dignity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64071349764426,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"eichmann-in-jerusalem","title":"Eichmann in Jerusalem","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1963, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEichmann in Jerusalem\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e grew out of Hannah Arendt’s reporting for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on the trial of Adolf Eichmann, one of the principal organisers of the Nazi deportation and extermination of European Jews. Combining courtroom observation with historical investigation and political philosophy, Arendt examines the machinery of genocide, the responsibilities of individuals within totalitarian regimes, and the troubling relationship between obedience, conscience and moral judgement. Her account introduced the influential and fiercely debated idea of the “banality of evil”, challenging conventional assumptions about the nature of those who commit extraordinary crimes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book provoked intense controversy, particularly over Arendt’s treatment of Jewish leadership under Nazi occupation and her interpretation of Eichmann himself, and its publication remains a defining episode in twentieth-century intellectual history. Neither a straightforward trial report nor a conventional work of history, it confronts the difficult question of how ordinary habits of thought and institutional obedience can become entangled with radical wrongdoing. 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Arendt distinguishes between labour, which sustains biological life; work, which builds the durable human-made world; and action, through which individuals reveal themselves to one another in speech and political participation. Drawing on ancient Greek thought while confronting the conditions of modernity, she considers what happens when economic necessity, technological progress and the rise of mass society threaten to eclipse the public realm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the heart of the book is Arendt’s conviction that freedom is not simply an inward state but something realised among people, through plurality, initiative and collective life. Her account of the ancient polis, the modern ascendancy of the social and the changing relationship between contemplation and action has profoundly influenced political theory, philosophy and the humanities. 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