![]() The book whose success is a surprise, however, is Hannah Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951). One of these, aptly, is: "Make an effort to separate yourself from the internet. In an erudite yet accessible manner, with brevity and precision, Snyder draws on his prodigious knowledge of 20th century despotism to present 20 sobering lessons for dealing with the Trump phenomenon. The book, which grew out of a viral Facebook post, is a direct response to the Donald Trump presidency. ![]() That Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017) should top bestseller lists is not entirely surprising. But on a chart usually dominated by celebrity tell-alls, self-improvement manuals, fad diets, and raunchy romances, political philosophy is also making a foray. In recent months, George Orwell's 1984 has topped the bestseller list, Sinclair Lewis's It Can't Happen Here has re-entered the top 10, and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale has received its second Hollywood adaptation. ![]() Amid the despair over the presidency of the United States falling into the hands of an unlettered reality TV star, Americans are reading better. ![]()
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