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An analysis of the nature, causes, and significance of violence in
the second half of the twentieth century. Arendt also reexamines
the relationship between war, politics, violence, and power.
"Incisive, deeply probing, written with clarity and grace, it
provides an ideal framework for understanding the turbulence of our
times"(Nation). Index.
The past year has seen a resurgence of interest in the political
thinker Hannah Arendt, “the theorist of beginnings,” whose work
probes the logics underlying unexpected transformations—from
totalitarianism to revolution. A work of striking originality, The
Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it
first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern
humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of
the actions of which it is capable. The problems Arendt identified
then—diminishing human agency and political freedom, the paradox
that as human powers increase through technological and humanistic
inquiry, we are less equipped to control the consequences of our
actions—continue to confront us today. This new edition,
published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of its original
publication, contains Margaret Canovan’s 1998 introduction and a
new foreword by Danielle Allen. A classic in political and social
theory, The Human Condition is a work that has proved both timeless
and perpetually timely.
'How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment?
The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times' Washington
Post Hannah Arendt's chilling analysis of the conditions that led
to the Nazi and Soviet totalitarian regimes is a warning from
history about the fragility of freedom, exploring how propaganda,
scapegoats, terror and political isolation all aided the slide
towards total domination. 'A non-fiction bookend to Nineteen
Eighty-Four' The New York Times 'The political theorist who wrote
about the Nazis and the 'banality of evil' has become a surprise
bestseller' Guardian
'People can only be free in relation to one another.' Three
exhilarating and inspiring essays in which the great
twentieth-century political philosopher argues that there can be no
freedom without politics, and no politics without freedom. One of
twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series.
This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have
helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists
to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.
Political theorist, philosopher, and feminist thinker Hannah
Arendt's On Violence is an analysis of the nature, causes, and
significance of violence in the second half of the twentieth
century. The public revulsion against violence and nonviolent
philosophies continues to diminish in the twenty-first century. In
this classic and still all too resonant work, Hannah Arendt puts
her theories about violence into historical perspective, examining
the relationships between war and politics, violence and power.
Questioning the nature of violent behavior, she reveals the causes
of its many manifestations, and ulitmately argues against Mao
Zedong's dictum "power grows out of the barrel of a gun," proposing
instead that "power and violence are opposites; where one rules
absolutely, the other is absent."“Incisive, deeply
probing, written with clarity and grace, it provides an ideal
framework for understanding the turbulence of our times."-The
Nation
Generally regarded as the definitive work on totalitarianism, this
book is an essential component of any study of twentieth-century
political movements. Arendt was one of the first to recognize that
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were two sides of the same coin
rather than opposing philosophies of Right and Left. "With the
Origins of Totalitarianism Hannah Arendt emerges as the most
original and profound-therefore the most valuable-political
theoretician of our times" (New Leader). Index.
'Brilliant and disturbing' Stephen Spender, New York Review of
Books The classic work on 'the banality of evil', and a
journalistic masterpiece Hannah Arendt's stunning and unnverving
report on the trial of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as
a series of articles in the New Yorker in 1963. This edition
includes material that came to light after the trial, as well as
Arendt's postscript directly addressing the controversy that arose
over her account. A major journalistic triumph by an intellectual
of singular influence, this classic portrayal of the banality of
evil is as shocking as it is informative - an unflinching look at
one of the most unsettling issues of the twentieth century. 'Deals
with the greatest problem of our time ... the problem of the human
being within a modern totalitarian system' Bruno Bettelheim
Hannah Arendt began her scholarly career with an exploration of
Saint Augustine's concept of caritas, or neighborly love, written
under the direction of Karl Jaspers and the influence of Martin
Heidegger. After her German academic life came to a halt in 1933,
Arendt carried her dissertation into exile in France, and years
later took the same battered and stained copy to New York. During
the late 1950s and early 1960s, as she was completing or reworking
her most influential studies of political life, Arendt was
simultaneously annotating and revising her dissertation on
Augustine, amplifying its argument with terms and concepts she was
using in her political works of the same period. The disseration
became a bridge over which Arendt traveled back and forth between
1929 Heidelberg and 1960s New York, carrying with her Augustine's
question about the possibility of social life in an age of rapid
political and moral change. In Love and Saint Augustine, Joanna
Vecchiarelli Scott and Judith Chelius Stark make this important
early work accessible for the first time. Here is a completely
corrected and revised English translation that incorporates
Arendt's own substantial revisions and provides additional notes
based on letters, contracts, and other documents as well as the
recollections of Arendt's friends and colleagues during her later
years.
As one of the foremost public intellectuals of the twentieth
century, Hannah Arendt is well known for her writings on political
philosophy. Less familiar are her significant contributions to
cultural and literary criticism. This edition brings together for
the first time Arendt's reflections on literature and culture. The
essays include previously unpublished and untranslated material
drawn from half a century of engagement with the works of European
and American authors, poets, journalists, and literary critics,
including such diverse figures as Proust, Melville, Auden, and
Brecht.
Intended for a wide readership, this volume has the potential to
change our view of Arendt by introducing her not only as one of the
leading political theorists of her generation, but also as a
serious, committed, and highly original literary and cultural
critic. Gottlieb's introduction ties the work together, showing how
Arendt developed a form of literary and cultural analysis that is
entirely her own.
When should we revolt? A life-changing insight into violent
political change by one of the world's greatest political thinkers
and author of surprise recent bestseller The Origins of
Totalitarianism. 'More than any thinker it was Arendt who
identified how movements of ideas, racial theories, people and
methods ... ultimately disfigured the twentieth century.' David
Olusoga 'Arendt's most profound legacy is in establishing that one
has to consider oneself political as part of the human condition.
What are your political acts, and what politics do they serve?'
Guardian 'How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present
moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times.'
Washington Post (on The Origins of Totalitarianism) On Revolution
is world-famous political thinker Hannah Arendt's classic
exploration of a phenomenon that has radically reshaped the world.
From eighteenth-century rebellions in America and France to the
explosive political upheavals of the twentieth-century, Hannah
Arendt traces the changing face of revolution and its relationship
to war - and reveals the crucial role these globe-shaking events
will play in the future of humanity. Urgent yet timeless, On
Revolution is essential reading for anyone seeking to decipher the
forces that have shaped our tumultuous age. 'Enormously erudite,
always imaginative, original and full of insights.' Sunday Times
'Remarkable for us, no doubt, is Arendt's conviction that only
philosophy could have saved those millions of lives.' Judith Butler
Hannah Arendt's last philosophical work was an intended three-part
project entitled "The Life of the Mind." Unfortunately, Arendt
lived to complete only the first two parts, "Thinking" and
"Willing." Of the third, "Judging," only the title page, with
epigraphs from Cato and Goethe, was found after her death. As the
titles suggest, Arendt conceived of her work as roughly parallel to
the three "Critiques" of Immanuel Kant. In fact, while she began
work on "The Life of the Mind," Arendt lectured on "Kant's
Political Philosophy," using the" Critique of Judgment" as her main
text. The present volume brings Arendt's notes for these lectures
together with other of her texts on the topic of judging and
provides important clues to the likely direction of Arendt's
thinking in this area.
'A profound and documented analysis ... Bound to stir our minds and
trouble our consciences' Chicago Tribune Hannah Arendt's
authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi SS
leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in The
New Yorker in 1963. This revised edition includes material that
came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt's postscript
commenting on the controversy that arose over her book. A major
journalistic triumph by an intellectual of singular influence,
Eichmann in Jerusalem is as shocking as it is informative - a
meticulous and unflinching look at one of the most unsettling (and
unsettled) issues of the twentieth century. With an introduction by
Amos Elon 'Deals with the greatest problem of our time ... the
problem of the human being within a modern totalitarian system'
Bruno Bettelheim, The New Republic
The author's final work, presented in a one-volume edition, is a
rich, challenging analysis of man's mental activity, considered in
terms of thinking, willing, and judging. Edited by Mary McCarthy;
Indices.
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have
transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have
inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have
enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched
lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the
great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas
shook civilization and helped make us who we are.;Inspired by the
trial of a bureaucrat who helped cause the Holocaust, this radical
work on the banality of evil stunned the world with its exploration
of a regime's moral blindness and one man's insistence that he be
absolved all guilt because he was only following orders'.
Although Hannah Arendt is considered one of the major contributors to social and political thought in the twentieth century, this is the first general anthology of her writings. This volume includes selections from her major works, including The Origins of Totalitarianism, Between Past and Future, Men in Dark Times, The Jew as Pariah, and The Human Condition, as well as many shorter writings and letters. Sections include extracts from her work on fascism, Marxism, and totalitarianism; her treatment of work and labor; her writings on politics and ethics; and a section on truth and the role of the intellectual.
Few people thought as deeply or incisively about Germany, Jewish
identity, and the Holocaust as Hannah Arendt and Gershom Scholem.
And, as this landmark volume reveals, much of that thinking was
developed in dialogue, through more than two decades of
correspondence. Arendt and Scholem met in 1932 in Berlin and
quickly bonded over their mutual admiration for and friendship with
Walter Benjamin. They began exchanging letters in 1939, and their
lively correspondence continued until 1963, when Scholem's vehement
disagreement with Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem led to a rupture
that would last until Arendt's death a dozen years later. The years
of their friendship, however, yielded a remarkably rich bounty of
letters: together, they try to come to terms with being both German
and Jewish, the place and legacy of Germany before and after the
Holocaust, the question of what it means to be Jewish in a
post-Holocaust world, and more. Walter Benjamin is a constant
presence, as his life and tragic death are emblematic of the very
questions that preoccupied the pair. Like any collection of
letters, however, the book also has its share of lighter moments:
accounts of travels, gossipy dinner parties, and the quotidian
details that make up life even in the shadow of war and loss. In a
world that continues to struggle with questions of nationalism,
identity, and difference, Arendt and Scholem remain crucial
thinkers. This volume offers us a way to see them, and the
development of their thought, anew.
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