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The Origins of Totalitarianism

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What’s it about?

A chilling investigation into how antisemitism, imperialism, and mass society fused to create the concentration camps—and why the capacity for total domination still lurks in modern civilization.

You’ll learn

  • The right to have rights is the most fundamental
  • Imperialism exported power without law
  • Totalitarianism destroys legal, moral, and individual personhood
  • Evil can be banal when systems replace conscience