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SWR Feature on Arendt's Studies on Totalitarianism

Program featuring Christian Pischel (HMT Leipzig), co-editor of The Origins of Totalitarianism, and others  

News from Oct 21, 2026

To commemorate Hannah Arendt's 120th birthday, Pauline Möhle and Ralf Kölbel discussed the relevance of Arendt's analyses of totalitarianism, ideology, and thoughtlessness on SWR. The segment can be found here: 

https://www.swr.de/kultur/gesellschaft/warum-hannah-arendts-denken-ueber-totalitarismus-heute-wieder-wichtig-ist-100.html 

Christian Pischel (HMT Leipzig), along with Annette Vowinckel, Hanno Berger, and Elena Stingl, is the editor of Volume 5 of the Complete Works, the new critical edition of Hannah Arendt’s classic The Origins of Totalitarianism / Elemente und Ursprünge totaler Herrschaft, which was published in 2026.

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  • Christian Pischel
  • Elemente und Ursprünge totaler Herrschaft
  • Interview
  • Origins of Totalitarianism
  • Radio
  • SWR