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“With The Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt emerges as the most original and profound—therefore the most valuable—political theoretician of our times.”—New Leader

"The work of one who has thought as well as suffered....A disquieting, moving, and thought-provoking book."—New York Times Book Review

"[L]ooks at almost every pernicious trend in the last century's politics with stunning subtlety."—Christopher Caldwell, National Review, 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the Century

"The most influential single book on the theme of totalitarianism."—Foreign Affairs 50-Year Bibliography

HANNAH ARENDT (1906-1975) was born in Hanover, Germany, fled to Paris in 1933, and came to the United States after the outbreak of World War II. She was editorial director of Schocken Books from 1946 to 1948. She taught at Berkeley, Princeton, the University of Chicago, and The New School for Social Research.