Book Review: The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

Book #148 of 2017: The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt This is some very dense writing, and author Hannah Arendt can be a tad speculative and reductive, especially in her opening sections on antisemitism and imperialism. However, the closing section that gives the book its title is an improvement, and Arendt draws out key …

Book Review: Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt

Book #83 of 2017: Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt A raw and unflinching look at the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer who organized the mass transportation of Jews into concentration camps and gas chambers. Hannah Arendt was a Jewish author who sat in on his …

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