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Hope and Memory: Reflections on the Twentieth Century
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Product Description
Identifying totalitarianism as the major innovation of the20th century, Tzvetan Todorov examines the struggle between this system and democracy and its effects on human life and consciousness.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #800044 in Books
- Published on: 2004-01-08
- Original language: French
- Binding: Hardcover
- 337 pages
Editorial Reviews
Anne Applebaum
‘[Todorov's] unique gift is his ability to elucidate the memoirs and writings of some of the century's greatest survivors’
Daniel Johnson, Daily Telegraph
‘An admirably clear exposition of totalitarianism.’
About the Author
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.
Customer Reviews
Very thoughtful and readable indictment of 20th century follies
I found this an absorbing account of 20th century ideological follies and admirably objective in its appraisal of communism vs fascism. It wanders off slightly towards the end into a critique of liberal interventionism, esp. in the former Yugoslavia, which although instructive to people like me who never quite understood what those late 20th century wars were all about, doesn't really back up his argument against totalitarianism. Surely it was the very downfall of totalitarianism and the rise of democracies in the Balkans that re-ignited all those ethnic tensions?
