Introduced by Anne Applebaum
The Origins of Totalitarianism won the Scholarly, Academic & Reference Books category at BBD&P Awards 2022
Published by Folio in its first-ever illustrated edition, Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism is a ground-breaking study of how the Nazi and Soviet regimes came to power, which speaks directly to our own age.
The mob always will shout for ‘the strong man’, the ‘great leader’. For the mob hates society from which it is excluded.
In an age of strong-man leaders, mass populist movements and media disinformation, The Origins of Totalitarianism has soared back into the public consciousness and become essential reading for our times. Published shortly after the Second World War, Hannah Arendt’s study of state tyranny stands as a powerful warning from history, and as one of the 20th century’s most important works of political history. Arendt – with the insight of a Jewish refugee who fled Hitler’s Germany – lays bare the brutality of Nazism and Stalinism, and seeks to advance our understanding of the forces of antisemitism and imperialism that forged them. This is the first-ever illustrated edition, with famous propaganda images and documentary photography from the USSR and the Third Reich. It includes an exclusive introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum – a leading voice on authoritarianism and Russian history – who fears that ‘once again, we are living in a world that Arendt would recognise.’
The Origins of Totalitarianism won the Scholarly, Academic & Reference Books category at the British Book Production and Design Awards 2022.
PRODUCTION DETAILS
Quarter-bound in blocked cloth with textured paper sides printed with a design by Jamie Keenan
Set in Dante with Kabel as display
Vol 1: 464pp; Vol 2: 448pp
28 integrated colour and black-and-white images per volume
Printed and die-cut slipcase
10˝ x 6¾˝
A stunning visual history
A lesson from history
Biographies
Very well produced books which I look forward to reading.
Review by Michael Gill on 6th February 2025
Timely and relevant work of a brave scholar.
Review by JOHN EDWARDS on 26th April 2024
Beautiful book. Have not read it yet.
Review by DAVID GRANT on 12th January 2024
Great item! Impressed.
Review by MR CASEY MACLEAN on 7th December 2023
It was amazing quality production both print and the packaging. Super!
Review by LUCAS ANUFORO on 31st October 2023
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