The Human Condition, 2nd Edition
Second Edition
$31.37
- Paperback
380 pages
- Release Date
18 October 2018
Summary
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 c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780226586601 |
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| ISBN-10: | 022658660X |
| Author: | Hannah Arendt, Margaret Canovan, Danielle Allen |
| Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 380 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 18 October 2018 |
| Weight: | 596g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 153mm x 230mm |
Critics Review
“The combination of tremendous intellectual power with great common sense makes Arendt’s insights into history and politics seem both amazing and obvious.”
“A great work of the mind and the imagination… . Arendt has done even more to prise open our oyster minds than she did in The Origins of Totalitarianism.”–Philip Toynbee “Guardian”
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt is widely considered one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. The University of Chicago Press also publishes her Lectures on Kant’s Political Philosophy and Love and Saint Augustine, as well as The Correspondence of Hannah Arendt and Gershom Scholem.
Margaret Canovan is an English political theorist who has published widely on Arendt. Her books include The People and Hannah Arendt: A Reinterpretation of Her Political Thought.
Danielle Allen is James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, and Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and the author, most recently, of Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.
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