![]() ![]() In the last part, she discusses totalitarianism itself. In part two, Arendt gives an overview of the imperialist and predatory policies of the European powers at the end of the 19th-and the beginning of the 20th centuries. The first part tells the story of the emergence of a modern, secular anti-Semitism (which Arendt distinguishes from what she calls 'religious Jew-hatred'). The Origins of Totalitarianism, the first major post-war study into the dynamics of totalitarian systems, consists of three parts. Already during the war years, and out of personal involvement, she wrote articles about 'the Jewish question', the problem of refugees and stateless persons and of imperialism and racism, which, in adapted form, were included in The Origins of Totalitarianism. ![]() In 1933 Arendt, being Jewish, was forced to leave Germany for Paris. Her admiration for Heidegger was severely tested as a result of his National Socialist views. During her philosophy and theology studies, Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) attended lectures by Martin Heidegger and Nicolai Hartmann, among others. ![]()
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