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Hannah Arendt: The origins of totalitarianism (1973, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich)

The Origins of Totalitarianism, published in 1951, was Hannah Arendt's first major work, wherein she …

FINALLY made it through the prefaces. Ten pages in and I'm keenly aware that: A) I've rarely if ever read political science and B) I definitely lack a sophisticated understanding of "responsibility" as Arendt is using it.

Slow going but obviously thought-provoking.