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Hannah Arendt, totalitarianism, and the social sciences / Peter Baehr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baehr, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.
- Arendt, Hannah.
- Totalitarianism.
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A study of Hannah Arendt's indictment of social science, approaches to totalitarianism (Bolshevism and National Socialism), and of the robust responses of her contemporary sociological critics: Raymond Aron, David Riesman, Jules Monnerot, and Theodor Abel.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Hannah Arendt's Indictment of Social Science; 2. "Totalitarianism" in the Dialogue of David Riesman and Hannah Arendt; 3. Ideology, Terror, and the "Mysterious Margin": Raymond Aron versus Hannah Arendt; 4. Totalitarianism as a ""Secular Religion"": The Dispute Between Hannah Arendt and Jules Monnerot; 5. Concluding Reflections: A New Constellation of Terror; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804774215
- 0804774218
- OCLC:
- 645099646
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