A key author of the twentieth century, Arendt delves into the difficult terrain of totalitarianism, its antecedents, characteristics and consequences.Totalitarian regimes, specialized in an ideology of terror, occupy the concern of this prestigious thinker.The reader will find here a brief but suggestive and complete analysis of some of her essential works: THE HUMAN CONDITION, CHAPTER 2 THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPHERESAND THE ORIGINS OF TOTALITARIANISM: IDEOLOGY AND TERROR