From Arendt's preeminent biographer, an exploration of the
particular relevance of the great philosopher's thought to the
world of today Upon publication of her "field manual," The Origins
of Totalitarianism,in 1951, Hannah Arendt immediately gained
recognition as a major political analyst. Over the next twenty-five
years, she wrote ten more books and developed a set of ideas that
profoundly influenced the way America and Europe addressed the
central questions and dilemmas of World War II. In this concise
book, Elisabeth Young-Bruehl introduces her mentor's work to
twenty-first-century readers. Arendt's ideas, as much today as in
her own lifetime, illuminate those issues that perplex us, such as
totalitarianism, terrorism, globalization, war, and "radical evil."
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, who was Arendt's doctoral student in the
early 1970s and who wrote the definitive biography of her mentor in
1982, now revisits Arendt's major works and seminal ideas.
Young-Bruehl considers what Arendt's analysis of the
totalitarianism of Nazi Germany and the Stalinist Soviet Union can
teach us about our own times, and how her revolutionary
understanding of political action is connected to forgiveness and
making promises for the future. The author also discusses The Life
of the Mind, Arendt's unfinished meditation on how to think about
thinking. Placed in the context of today's political landscape,
Arendt's ideas take on a new immediacy and importance. They require
our attention, Young-Bruehl shows, and continue to bring fresh
truths to light.
General
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Why X Matters S. |
| Release date: |
August 2009 |
| First published: |
July 2009 |
| Authors: |
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl
(Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research)
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
232 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-300-13619-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
Political ideologies >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-300-13619-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780300136197 |
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