Arendt, Hannah

The Burden of Our Time [The Origins of Totalitarianism]

London: Secker & Warburg (1951), 1951. First UK edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xv, [4], 4-477, [3] pp. Blue cloth with black lettering and two black rules on the spine. Price of 30s. net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Arendt's magnum opus, a brilliant treatise in political philosophy and twentieth-century history. Here the author examines the forces behind totalitarianism and the significance of Nazism and Stalinism during the twentieth century. She contrasts these movements to regimes like Mussolini's, and considers the influence of racism in political systems and in the rise of imperialism. This work was published in the same year in the United States under the title The Origins of Totalitarianism. Very Good / Very Good. Item #000017007

Mild sunning to the boards' edges and the gutters show offsetting on the pastedowns; jacket's spine panel sunned with one small chip, and with a piece of tape on its top edge.

Price: $2,000.00