Pre-Modernity, Totalitarianism and the Non-Banality of Evil

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Pre-Modernity, Totalitarianism and the Non-Banality of Evil is written by Steven Saxonberg and published by Springer Nature. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3030281957 (ISBN 10) and 9783030281953 (ISBN 13).

This book provides a comparative and historical analysis of totalitarianism and considers why Spain became totalitarian during its inquisition but not France; and why Germany became totalitarian during the previous century, but not Sweden. The author pushes the concept of totalitarianism back into the pre-modern period and challenges Hannah Arendt’s notion of the banality of evil. Instead, he presents an alternative framework that can explain why some states become totalitarian and why they induce people to commit evil acts.