Hannah Arendt and the Uses of History: Imperialism, Nation, Race, and Genocide

by Dan Stone

Book Overview

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) first argued that there were continuities between the age of European imperialism and the age of fascism in Europe in The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951). She claimed that theories of race, notions of racial and cultural superiority, and the right of 'superior races' to expand territorially were themes that connected the white settler colonies, the other imperial possessions, and the fascist ideologies of post-Great...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845453611
• ISBN13: 9781845453619
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"