According to bourgeois standards, those who are completely unlucky and unsuccessful are automatically barred from competition, which is the life of society. Good fortune is identified with honor, and bad luck with shame.


Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)

Hannah Arendt Quotes

According to bourgeois standards, those who are completely unlucky and unsuccessful are automatically barred from competition, which is the life of...

According to bourgeois standards, those who are completely unlucky and unsuccessful are automatically barred from competition, which is the life of...

According to bourgeois standards, those who are completely unlucky and unsuccessful are automatically barred from competition, which is the life of...

According to bourgeois standards, those who are completely unlucky and unsuccessful are automatically barred from competition, which is the life of...