Totalitarianism and political modernity - read "The Origins of Totalitarianism."

Modern Philosophy 4:1-9 (2005)
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Arendt's "Origins of Totalitarianism" is to reveal a specific cause of the phenomenon of modern politics and conditions of the modern totalitarian phenomenon unique to the deep historical causes and structural factors. Because of this, many of her views and analysis are still important. Totalitarianism is anti-Semitism, the decline of the nation-state, racism, for the expansion and expansion, combined with Alliance Capital and the product of the mob. Totalitarianism is fundamentally eliminate humanity, which reflects the "crisis of our century," reveals the value system of Western civilization and its collapse. In her "The Origins of Totalitarianism" Hannah Arendt brings to light the origins and conditions of a particular modern political phenomenon and inquires into the deep historical causes and structural elements of totalitarianism. Just for this reason, her analysis and insights have their significances up to now. According to Arendt, totalitarianism results from antisemitism, decay of national state, racism, expansion for expansion's sake and alliance between capital and mob. Totalitarianism means the fundamental destruction of humanity. It reflects "the crisis of our century" and discloses the collapse of the Western civilization and its system of values

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