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Hope and Memory
Tzvetan Todorov
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Description for Hope and Memory
Paperback. Tzvetan Todorov's book examines the history of the past century by analyzing its spectacular political conflicts and by offering moving profiles of individuals who, at great personal cost, resisted the strictures of the communist and Nazi regimes. . Translator(s): Bellos, David. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 468. Reflections on the Twentieth Century. 304 pages. Tzvetan Todorov's book examines the history of the past century by analyzing its spectacular political conflicts and by offering moving profiles of individuals who, at great personal cost, resisted the strictures of the communist and Nazi regimes. . Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 28. Weight: 468. Translator(s): Bellos, David.
'Almost alone among contemporary critics, Tzvetan Todorov has chosen to apply his prodigious talents to the literature of twentieth-century totalitarianism. His unique gift is his ability to elucidatethe memoirs and writings of some of the century's greatest survivors, not merely discovering their literary qualities, but also finding in their works moral and political lessons, relevant to us all.' -- Anne Applebaum
Tzvetan Todorov identifies totalitarianism as the major innovation of the twentieth century and examines the struggle between this system and democracy and its effects on human life and consciousness.
Totalitarianism imposed itself because, more than any other political ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843543602
SKU
V9781843543602
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99-9
About Tzvetan Todorov
Tzvetan Todorov is Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris and the author of many books, most recently Imperfect Garden: The Legacy of Humanism and The Fragility of Goodness.
Reviews for Hope and Memory
'A very rich book, full of interesting - and often highly controversial - conversation as well as moving portraits of striking figures of the century that has just passed. It is addressed to a general public very much engaged in discussing what the twentieth century was all about and where we are going from here.'
Charles Taylor
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Charles Taylor
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