'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 system, it
played on people's need for the absolute: it fed their hope to
endow life with meaning by taking part in the construction of a
paradise on earth. As a result, millions of people lost their lives
in the name of a higher good. This unique account explores 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. Hope and Memory reaffirms the legacy of the past as
we move into the twenty-first century. '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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