Title:
Hannah Arendt : a very short introduction
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2023.
©2023
Physical Description:
131 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm.
ISBN:
9780198806981
Abstract:
"This Very Short Introduction explores the philosophical ideas and political theories of Hannah Arendt (1906-1975). As a survivor of the Holocaust, Arendt's life informed her work exploring the meaning and construction of power, evil, totalitarianism, and direct democracy. Through insightful readings of Arendt's best-known works, from The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) to The Life of the Mind (1978), Dana Villa traces the importance of Arendt's ideas for today's reader. In so doing, Villa explains how Arendt gained world-wide fame with the publication of Origins, and went on to have a distinguished career as a political theorist and public intellectual. A sometimes controversial figure, Arendt is now recognised as one of the most important political thinkers of the twentieth century and her works have become an acknowledged part of the Western canon of political theory and philosophy"--From the publisher.
Contents:
A life in dark times -- The nature and roots of totalitarianism -- Political freedom, the public realm, and the vita activa -- Revolution, constitution, and the 'social question' -- Judging, thinking, and willing.
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Language:
English
