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What the Hell is she saying, half the time? Most of On Revolution and The Origins of Totalitarianism are extremely lucid, and the latter is quite gripping; but every so often she arrives at some startling proposition and I cannot for the life of me see how she got there, or even, sometimes, what on earth it's supposed to mean. I find her ideas about "elementary republics" and the nature of authority particularly unclear. permanent link for this note RSS feed for this note

Hannah Arendt Notebooks Hannah Arendt Last update : 03 Oct 1994 12:00 First version : What the Hell is she saying, half the time? Most of On Revolution and The Origins of Totalitarianism are extremely lucid, and the latter is quite gripping; but every so often she arrives at some startling proposition and I cannot for the life of me see how she got there, or even, sometimes, what on earth it's supposed to mean. I find her ideas about "elementary republics" and the nature of authority particularly unclear. Recommended: Eichmann in Jerusalem. The Origins of Totalitarianism. Get one-volume second

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