Penguin Modern Classics

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt (Penguin Modern Classics) — the foundational work of political philosophy for understanding the catastrophes of the twentieth century. Arendt’s analysis of how totalitarian movements emerge, how propaganda functions, and how terror operates as a system of government has lost nothing of its urgency. Essential reading in any era of political extremism. Published by Penguin Modern Classics.

Orientalism by Edward W. Said (Penguin Modern Classics) — one of the most influential works of the twentieth-century humanities. Said’s argument that Western Orientalism served imperial interests rather than neutral knowledge inaugurated postcolonial studies and permanently changed thinking about the relationship between knowledge and power. First published in 1978.