The Origins of TotalitarianismHannah Arendts definitive work on totalitarianisman essential component of any study of twentieth century political historynow with a new introduction by Anne Applebaum. In recent years, The Origins of Totalitarianism has become essential reading as we grapple with the rise of autocrats and tyrannical thought across the globe. The book begins with the rise of anti Semitism in central and western Europe in the 1800s and continues with an examination of