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orangecrush

(19,581 posts) Sun Mar 11, 2018, 08:32 PM Mar 2018

Quote from Hannah Arendt. "The Origins of Totalitarianism", 1967

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As a Jew, Arendt chose to leave Nazi Germany in 1933, and lived in Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, and France before escaping to the United States in 1941 via Portugal. She became an American citizen in 1950, having been stripped of her German citizenship in 1937. Her works deal with the nature of power and the subjects of politics, direct democracy, authority, and totalitarianism. The Hannah Arendt Prize is named in her honor."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Arendt

Klingt bekannt?

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Quote from Hannah Arendt. "The Origins of Totalitarianism", 1967 (Original Post) orangecrush Mar 2018 OP

My dear orangecrush! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2018 #1

Thank you! orangecrush Mar 2018 #2

Where Hannah Arendt Went Wrong Mosby Mar 2018 #3

Thanks! orangecrush Mar 2018 #4

K&R smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #5

Thank you! orangecrush Mar 2018 #8

Her book On Violence is a great read for anyone interested in what drive people to violent acts Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #6

Thanks! orangecrush Mar 2018 #7

K&R... spanone Mar 2018 #9

Thank you! orangecrush Mar 2018 #10

Gobbles worst nightmare, right there.. Volaris Mar 2018 #11

Highly recommend reading Hannah Arendt! burrowowl Mar 2018 #12

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,648 posts)

1. My dear orangecrush!

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Sun Mar 11, 2018, 10:06 PM

Mar 2018

Her quote is so spot on! It's subtle as well. It's easy to get lost in all the parentheses......but I read it carefully, and there's no question that it's true.

Thank You!

orangecrush

(19,581 posts)

2. Thank you!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 11, 2018, 10:39 PM

Mar 2018

I am planning on reading some of her work.

I believe it will give insight into Trumps tactics.

Mosby

(16,320 posts)

3. Where Hannah Arendt Went Wrong

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Sun Mar 11, 2018, 10:59 PM

Mar 2018

https://www.haaretz.com/1.5036299

orangecrush

(19,581 posts)

4. Thanks!

Reply to Mosby (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 12, 2018, 04:16 PM

Mar 2018

Good read!

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

5. K&R

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2018, 04:49 PM

Mar 2018

Chilling.

orangecrush

(19,581 posts)

8. Thank you!

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 12, 2018, 09:56 PM

Mar 2018

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)

6. Her book On Violence is a great read for anyone interested in what drive people to violent acts

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2018, 04:54 PM

Mar 2018

Some aspects I really didn’t agree with when I read it 20 years ago, but as time passes it seems more and more like she got things right I wasn’t comprehending at that time.