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The Origins of Totalitarianism

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First published 1951

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Antisemitism, imperialism and the total state.

The author

Hannah Arendt

1906–1975 · German-American political theorist and philosopher

  • Professor at Berkeley
  • Professor at Chicago
  • Professor at Columbia
  • Professor at Princeton
Profession
Political scientist, Philosopher, Historian, Professor
Worked at
Berkeley, Princeton, Chicago, Columbia
Studied at
Heidelberg, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Freiburg
Prizes
Guggenheim Fellowship (1952), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1962), Sigmund Freud Prize (1967), Emerson-Thoreau Medal (1969), Benjamin E. Lippincott Award (1975), Sonning Prize (1975)

Coined 'the banality of evil' while reporting on the Eichmann trial.

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64 editions · 5 hardcover, 8 paperback · 7 languages

First published 1951

Earliest edition listed: 1951 · Harcourt, Brace and Co.

  • 1951 · Harcourt, Brace and Co.
  • 1951 · Harcourt, Brace · [1st ed.]
  • 1951 · Harcourt, Brace · [1st ed.]
  • 1958 · Meridian Books, Inc.
  • 1958 · Europaeische Verlagsanstalt · German
  • 1958 · George Allen & Unwin · 2nd enlarged ed.
  • 1958 · World Publishing · [2d enl. ed.]
  • 1958 · Meridian Books · [2nd enl. ed.]. --
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  • 1958 · Meridian Books · [2d enl. ed.]
  • 1960 · Meridian · 2nd enl. ed.
  • 1962 · World Pub. Co. · [2d enl.ed.].
  • 1964 · World Pub. Co. · [2d enl. ed.]
  • 1966 · Harcourt, Brace & World
  • 1966 · Harcourt Brace & World · New ed.
  • 1966 · Harcourt, Brace and World · New ed.
  • 1966 · Harcourt, Brace & World · New ed.
  • 1967 · Allen & Unwin · 3rd ed. · ISBN 9780043210017
  • 1967 · Allen and Unwin · Rev. ed.
  • 1967 · Allen & Unwin · 3d ed. --
  • 1968 · Harcourt, Brace & World
  • 1968 · Harcourt Brace Jovanovich · ISBN 9780156078108
  • 1968 · Harcourt Brace Jovanovich · ISBN 9780156442008
  • 1968 · Harcourt, Brace & World · French
  • 1968 · Harcourt, Brace & World
  • 1972 · Seuil · French
  • 1972 · World Publishing · [2nd ed].
  • 1973 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers · ISBN 9781299883581
  • 1973 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company · ISBN 9780547543154
  • 1973 · Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich · New ed.
  • 1973 · Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich · New ed. with added prefaces. · ISBN 9780156701532
  • 1975 · Diana · Hardcover · ISBN 9785781998708
  • 1976 · Harcourt Brace Jovanovich · New ed. ; with added prefaces. · ISBN 9780156701532
  • 1977 · Penguin Publishing Group · ISBN 9780452006157
  • 1979 · Harcourt Brace Jovanovich · New ed. with added prefaces. · ISBN 9780156701532
  • 1983 · Peter Smith Publisher · Hardcover · ISBN 9780844659947
  • 1984 · Seuil · French · ISBN 9782020067751
  • 1986 · Deutsch · ISBN 9780233978987
  • 1993 · Dar alSaqi · Arabic · ISBN 9781855167742
  • 1994 · Harcourt · New ed. with added prefaces. · ISBN 9780156701532
  • 1998 · Feministic ka izdavac ka kuc a 94 · 1. izd. · Serbian · ISBN 9788690185924
  • 1998 · Seuil · Mass Market Paperback · French · ISBN 9782020246583
  • 1999 · Taurus · Tapa Blanda · 2.ª edición · Spanish · ISBN 9788430602889
  • 2003 · Piper · Paperback · German · ISBN 9783492210324
  • 2004 · Planeta Pub. Corp. · Hardcover · Spanish · ISBN 9789681915476
  • 2004 · Schocken Books · 1st ed. · ISBN 9780805242256
  • 2004 · Schocken · Hardcover · ISBN 9780805242256
  • 2004 · Schocken Books · 1st ed. · ISBN 9780805242256
  • 2005 · Seuil · Nouv. éd. · French · ISBN 9782020798907
  • 2006 · Alianza · Paperback · Spanish · ISBN 9788420647715
  • 2007 · Blackstone Audio Inc. · Audio Cassette · Unabridged edition · ISBN 9781433206627
  • 2007 · Blackstone Audio Inc. · CD-ROM · Unabridged edition · ISBN 9781433206665
  • 2007 · Blackstone Audio Inc. · Audiobook On CD · Unabridged edition · ISBN 9781433206634
  • 2007 · Blackstone Audio Inc. · Audio CD · Unabridged edition · ISBN 9781433206658
  • 2007 · Blackstone Audio Inc. · Audio Cassette · Unabridged edition · ISBN 9781433206641
  • 2009 · Benediction Books · Paperback · ISBN 9781849028967
  • 2009 · Blackstone Pub · Preloaded Digital Audio Player · ISBN 9781441701503
  • 2011 · Nabu Press · Paperback · ISBN 9781179832449
  • 2013 · HardPress Publishing · Paperback · ISBN 9781314731477
  • 2017 · Boom · Paperback · Dutch · ISBN 9789024408825
  • 2017 · Penguin Books, Limited · ISBN 9780241316764
  • 2017 · Andesite Press · Paperback · ISBN 9781376196207
  • 2017 · Penguin · ISBN 9780241316757
  • 2018 · Franklin Classics Trade Press · Hardcover · ISBN 9780353315532
  • 2023 · HarperCollins Publishers · ISBN 9780063354487

The list may be incomplete, especially for older and non-English editions.

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