Critical New Edition of "The Origins of Totalitarianism / Elemente und Ursprünge totaler Herrschaft" Now Available in Bookstores
Book cover of the new edition
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With Volume 5 of the Complete Works, Hannah Arendt’s famous study is now available for the first time as a critical edition.
News from Jul 22, 2026
75 years ago, Hannah Arendt's monumental study "The Origins of Totalitarianism" was published – a work, that is still regarded today as one of the most influential and controversial texts in political theory. From today onward, the classic is available in a fully revised, expanded and critically edited version as part of the Critical Edition published by Wallstein-Verlag. We are very excited about the new publication!
Keywords
- Critical Edition
- Elemente und Ursprünge totaler Herrschaft
- New Publication
- The Origins of Totalitarianism
- Volume 5
- Wallstein Verlag