The dispute over the origins of Nazism: Hannah Arendt’s and Eric Vogelin’s views on the sources of the phenomenon of Nazism. Cover Image

Spór o korzenie nazizmu. Hannah Arendt i Erica Voegelina koncepcje źródeł zjawiska
The dispute over the origins of Nazism: Hannah Arendt’s and Eric Vogelin’s views on the sources of the phenomenon of Nazism.

Author(s): Tomasz Borycki
Subject(s): Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Hannah Arendt; Eric Voegelin; totalitarianism; political philosophy in the twentieth century

Summary/Abstract: Published in 1951, »The rigins of Totalitarianism« was a quantum leap in Hannah Arendt’s academic career. The book made her one of the most important scholars of nazi ideology. Arendt’s work also won wide acclaim, partly due to a critical review by Eric Voegelin, which did not remain without responses from the author (both in public and in private correspondence). This paper tries to reconstruct the debates of Hannah Arendt and Eric Voegelin (including in the articles New science of politics and Some problems of German hegemony) on the origins of nazism.

  • Issue Year: V/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 211-228
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish