The Origins of Totalitarianism – Part 1: Antisemitism – Hannah Arendt

A recognized classic and definitive account of its subject, The Origins of Totalitarianism traces the emergence of modern racism as an "ideological weapon for imperialism," begining with the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe in the nineteenth century and continuing through the New Imperialism period from 1884 to World War I.

In her analysis of the institutions and operations of totalitarian movements, Arendt focuses on the two genuine forms of totalitarian government in the twentieth century: Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, which she adroitly recognizes as two sides of the same coin rather than opposing philosophies of the Right and Left. From this vantage point, she discusses the transformation of classes into masses, the role of propaganda, and the use of terror essential to this form of government. In her brilliant concluding chapter, she discusses the nature of individual isolation and loneliness as preconditions for total domination.

Part 1: Antisemitism

(0:00) CHAPTER ONE: Antisemitism as an Outrage to Common Sense

(25:55) CHAPTER TWO: The Jews, the Nation-State, and the Birth of Antisemitism
I: The Equivocalities of Emancipation and the Jewish State Banker
(1:15:55) II: Early Antisemitism
(1:36:46) III: The First Antisemitic Parties
(1:55:57) IV: Leftist Antisemitism
(2:21:01) V: The Golden Age of Security

(2:31:17) CHAPTER THREE: The Jews and Society
I: Between Pariah and Parvenu
II: The Potent Wizard
(3:47:18) III: Between Vice and Crime

(4:17:12) CHAPTER FOUR: The Dreyfus Affair
I: The Facts of the Case
II: The Third Republic and French Jewry
III: Army and Clergy Against the Republic
(5:04:40) IV: The People and the Mob
(5:36:16) V: The Jews and the Dreyfusards
(5:41:28) VI : The Pardon and Its Significance

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