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" Hannah Arendt, totalitarianism, and the social sciences / "
Peter Baehr.
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1044412
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b798782
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Baehr, Peter.
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Hannah Arendt, totalitarianism, and the social sciences /\ Peter Baehr.
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Stanford, Calif. :: Stanford University Press,, ©2010.
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1 online resource (ix, 231 pages)
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0804756503
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: 0804774218
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: 9780804756501
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: 9780804774215
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Hannah Arendt's indictment of social science -- "Totalitarianism" in the dialogue of David Riesman and Hannah Arendt -- Ideology, terror and the "mysterious margin" : Raymond Aron versus Hannah Arendt -- Totalitarianism as a secular religion : the dispute between Hannah Arendt and Jules Monnerot -- Concluding reflections : a new constellation of terror.
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This work examines the nature of totalitarianism as interpreted by some of the finest minds of the 20th century. It focuses on Hannah Arendt's claim that totalitarianism was an entirely unprecedented regime and that the social sciences had integrally misconstrued it.
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Arendt, Hannah,1906-1975.
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Arendt, Hannah,1906-1975.
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Social sciences-- Philosophy.
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Totalitarianism.
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PHILOSOPHY / Political
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- Fascism Totalitarianism.
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Social sciences-- Philosophy.
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Totalitarianism.
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320.53
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JC251.A74B34 2010eb
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