Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2018-11-20
Books mentioned on Jair Bolsonaro: The President Who Promised to Kill 30,000 People
In episode 32, Robert is joined by actor and activist Behzad Dabu to discuss Jair Bolsonaro, a murderous nutjob who was elected the President of Brazil. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.
Robert Evans discussed The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt is a foundational political science text that examines the historical roots, psychosocial conditions, and structural mechanisms that allowed Nazism and Stalinism to rise in the twentieth century.
Discussed“An important creator of the idea of totalitarianism was Hana Arent. Arent published the origins of totalitarianism in 1951. In the book, she uses documents captured from the Nazis to extrapolate to the USSR and create an ideal type totalitarian regime.”
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