{"product_id":"hannah-arendt-totalitarianism-and-the-social-sciences-hardcover","title":"Hannah Arendt, Totalitarianism, and the Social Sciences - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Baehr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the nature of totalitarianism as interpreted by some of the finest minds of the twentieth century. It focuses on Hannah Arendt's claim that totalitarianism was an entirely unprecedented regime and that the social sciences had integrally misconstrued it. A sociologist who is a critical admirer of Arendt, Baehr looks sympathetically at Arendt's objections to social science and shows that her complaints were in many respects justified. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAvoiding broad disciplinary endorsements or dismissals, Baehr reconstructs the theoretical and political stakes of Arendt's encounters with prominent social scientists such as David Riesman, Raymond Aron, and Jules Monnerot. In presenting the first systematic appraisal of Arendt's critique of the social sciences, Baehr examines what it means to see an event as unprecedented. Furthermore, he adapts Arendt and Aron's philosophies to shed light on modern Islamist terrorism and to ask whether it should be categorized alongside Stalinism and National Socialism as totalitarian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Baehr is Chair Professor of Social Theory and Fellow of Asian Pacific Studies at Lingnan University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFounders, Classics and Canons: Modern Disputes over the Origins and Appraisal of Sociology's Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) and editor of the \u003ci\u003eViking Portable Hannah Arendt\u003c\/i\u003e (2000).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757618528544,"sku":"9780804756501","price":119.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5d914a0e3a7c8c9a0a5dceb9b3f0410f.webp?v=1780106936","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hannah-arendt-totalitarianism-and-the-social-sciences-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}