Todorov, Tzvetan
Hope and Memory: Reflections on the Twentieth Century
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- ISBN 13:
- 9781843543602
- author:
- Todorov, Tzvetan
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Atlantic Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2005
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 139 mm X 215 mm
- Genre:
- World history: from c 1900 -
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
Tzvetan Todorov's Hope and Memory is a profound exploration of the 20th century's most significant political conflicts. He examines how totalitarian regimes, driven by a promise to endow life with meaning, led millions of people to lose their lives in pursuit of an ideal.
The book offers moving profiles of individuals who resisted the strictures of communist and Nazi regimes at great personal cost. Todorov's incisive analysis sheds light on the ongoing impact of these events, as the crimes of the past continue to cast long shadows into the 21st century.
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