Hannah Arendt on Ideology and Totalitarianism: Implications for Modern Political Authority and Individual Agency Introduction Hannah Arendt’s profound reflections on totalitarianism—especially as articulated in her seminal work The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)—offer a penetrating analysis of the role ideology plays in the formation, consolidation, and functioning of totalitarian regimes. Arendt’s conceptualization of ideology departs from … Continue reading How does Hannah Arendt conceptualize the role of ideology in the formation and perpetuation of totalitarian regimes, and what implications does this hold for understanding modern political authority and individual agency?