The Daily Princetonian

The origins of totalitarianism

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PBS

What sparked Hannah Arendt's ideas behind "The Origins of Totalitarianism"

Hannah Arendt came up with ideas for “The Origins of Totalitarianism” while observing Hitler. Adolf Hitler projected his own narrative into his campaign speeches, giving his followers a coherent story ...
The Spokesman-Review

Faith and Values: Totalitarianism and its roots in hate and fear

In Hannah Arendt’s “Origins of Totalitarianism,” she looks at the rise of totalitarianism and its effects on humanity. In our contemporary discourse, we have returned to her analysis as we see the ...
Baptist News GlobalOpinion

The patriot’s glossary of MAGAtarian doublespeak, part 1

Trump and his MAGA movement have waged an all-out war on the very idea that there are such things in the world as facts, ...
Concordia University

The Origins of Totalitarianism: C.L.R. James and the Dilemma of American Democracy

C.L.R. James was one of the true polymaths and original thinkers of the 20th century. His fiction and creative writing laid the foundation for some of that century's great writers including Derek ...
The American Spectator

The Totalitarianism of Cultural Fog

Twentieth-century totalitarianism depended on man-gods. Lenin was worshipped as not only spiritually immortal, as Mayakovsky suggested in his poem, but as materially immortal, zombified and on display ...
The Boston Globe

‘American Masters’ explores the origins of Hannah Arendt

“Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny,” part of PBS’s “American Masters” series, is two films, really. One is a documentary about the political thinker, best known for her books “The Origins of ...
The American Spectator

Totalitarianism, Not Lack of Tolerance, Bipartisanship, or Winsomeness, Most Threatens the Church and the Nation

Eric Metaxas’s new bestseller, Letter to the American Church, triggered immediate opposition from the once ascendant but now waning evangelical industrial complex (EIC) associated with superstar NYC ...
Yahoo

America slides into totalitarianism — and it won't be easy to reverse

We’ve seen a spike over the last few years in the use of the word “authoritarianism.” This is the predictable result of the recent rise of authoritarian regimes which, to a greater or lesser extent, ...

Pope Leo calls for defense of journalism: ‘A right that must be protected’

Pope Leo XIV made an urgent plea Thursday for the public to protect the emblems of journalism amid widespread attacks on the ...
The Village Voice

Origins of Totalitarianism

We need to change this poll now, today, because even ignoring its TOTAL INCAPACITY to reflect how music listening has changed over the last 30 years and especially the last seven, it is also ...