Online Seminar Series: Totalitarianism
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Sun, Mar 24 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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1129 Maricopa Highway #156
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Online Seminar Series
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
Sunday, March 24, 2024
The Origins of Totalitarianism, published in 1951, was Hannah Arendt’s first major work. The book strives to understand the causes and the mechanics of Nazism and Stalinism as the major totalitarian political movements of the 20th century. Regarded as one of the most important books of the last 100 years, Arendt warns that, “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.” We invite you to join us as we explore this entire book, meeting about once per month.
March 24 Reading:
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
Chapter Nine – The Decline of the Nation-State and the End of the Rights of Man
Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich; First edition (March 1973)
ISBN 978-0-156-70153-2
Schedule:
12:00-2:00PM PDT
Tutor:
Andy Gilman
Location:
Online. Register to receive the link.