Alienation eventually manifests as a diverse range of experiences we generally conceive of as suffering. It may manifest as worthlessness or nihilism and is antagonistic to any individual actualizing their potential and living a meaningful life.
In this endeavor, Marx’s lens of alienation proves to be one with high explanatory power.įundamentally, the phenomena of alienation is a state characterized by a certain lack of authenticity, when a being is divorced from part or parts of their true nature. I will analyze these conditions by explaining why totalitarianism was appealing to each of the four classes of individuals Arendt identified. I will bring Arendt into dialogue with Marx to analyze the socio-cultural conditions that gave rise to totalitarianism in Nazi Germany.
With that said, I’ve decided to share these unedited notes on the off chance they are helpful to other readers.Ī central question that Arendt wrestles with in this classic is what were the cultural conditions that nourished the rise of totalitarianism.
These notes were created during my reading process to aid my own understanding and not written for the purpose of instruction. My preferred way of engaging with books is reconstruction.
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