Arendt provides a historical account of the forces that crystallized into totalitarianism. The ebb and flow of nineteenth-century anti-Semitism (she deemed the Dreyfus Affair a dress rehearsal for the Final Solution) and the rise of European imperialism, accompanied by the invention of racism as the only possible rationalization for it.
Seeks to question ideas of legitimisation of the artist through publication.
This item is part of the Study Room Guide On (W)Reading Performance Writing by Rachel Lois Clapham (P1433)