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Arendt (Paperback)
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Arendt (Paperback)
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Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was a philosopher and political theorist
of astonishing range and originality and one of the leading
thinkers of the twentieth century. A former student of Martin
Heidegger and Karl Jaspers, she fled Nazi Germany to Paris in 1933,
and subsequently escaped from Vichy France to New York in 1941. The
Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) made her famous. After visiting
professorships at Princeton, Berkeley, and the University of
Chicago, she took up a permanent position at the New School in
1967. Renowned for The Human Condition, On Revolution, and The Life
of the Mind, she is also known for her brilliant but controversial
reporting and analysis of Adolf Eichmann's 1961 trial in
Jerusalem-an experience that led to her to coin the phrase "the
banality of evil." In this outstanding introduction to Arendt's
thought Dana Villa begins with a helpful overview of Arendt's life
and intellectual development, before examining and assessing the
following important topics: Arendt's analysis of the nature of
political evil and the arguments of The Origins of Totalitarianism
political freedom and political action and the arguments of On the
Human Condition, especially Arendt's return to the ancient Greek
polis and her critique of modernity modernity and revolution and
Arendt's text On Revolution responsibility and judgment and her
reporting of the Eichmann trial Arendt's view of contemplation and
the fundamental faculties of mental life Arendt's rich legacy and
influence, including her civic republican understanding of freedom
and her influence on the Frankfurt School, communitarianism, and
democratic theory. Including a chronology, chapter summaries, and
suggestions for further reading, this indispensable guide to
Arendt's philosophy will also be useful to those in related
disciplines such as politics, sociology, history, and economics.
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