Hannah Arendt
1906 – 1975 · Germany · Politics, Philosophy, Human Rights
The Origins of Totalitarianism remains the reference work on how republics fail.
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- Elias Canetti
1905 – 1994 · Literature, Philosophy
Crowds and Power and The Origins of Totalitarianism analyse the same mass politics from two sides.
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- Martha Nussbaum
1947 · Philosophy, Human Rights
Arendt's public realm underlies Nussbaum's political emotions and capabilities.
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