The origins of totalitarianism
By: Introduction by Samantha Power
Publisher: Schocken
Published: April 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 704
ISBN-13: 9780805242256
Subjects: Political ideology; Political Ideologies - Fascism & Totalitarianism; Antisemitism; Political Theory; Philosophy; Politics / Current Events; Totalitarianism; History & Theory - General; Political; Philosophy / Political; Imperialism; Movements - General
First sentence: acteristic of these times, when Jewish individuals and the first small wealthy Jewish communities were more powerful than at any time in the nineteenth century, was the frankness with which their privileged status and their right to it was discussed, and the careful testimony of the authorities to the importance of their services to the state. There was not the slightest doubt or ambiguity about the connection between services rendered and privileges granted.