The Origins of Totalitarianism
The rise of nativism, such as the election of Donald Trump in America, and concerns regarding an increasingly authoritarian style of governance has led to a surge of interest in Arendt and her writings, including radio broadcasts and writers, including Jeremy Adelman and Zoe Williams, to revisit Arendt's ideas to seek the extent to which they inform our understanding of such movements, which are being described as "Dark Times". At the same time Amazon reported that it had sold out of copies of "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951). Michiko Kakutani has addressed what she refers to as "the death of truth". In her 2018 book, "The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump", she argues that the rise of totalitarianism has been founded on the violation of truth. She begins her book with an extensive quote from "The Origins of Totalitarianism":