| The Portable Hannah Arendt Contributor(s): Arendt, Hannah (Author), Baehr, Peter (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0142437565 ISBN-13: 9780142437568 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2003 Annotation: 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. Edited by Peter Baehr. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Philosophy | Essays - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 320.01 |
| Series: Penquin Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.36" W x 7.76" (1.00 lbs) 640 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A collection of writings by a groundbreaking political thinker, including excerpts from The Origins of Totalitarianism and Eichmann in Jerusalem She was a Jew born in Germany in the early twentieth century, and she studied with the greatest German minds of her day--Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers among them. After the rise of the Nazis, she emigrated to America where she proceeded to write some of the most searching, hard-hitting reflections on the agonizing issues of the time: totalitarianism in both Nazi and Stalinist garb; Zionism and the legacy of the Holocaust; federally mandated school desegregation and civil rights in the United States; and the nature of evil. The Portable Hannah Arendt offers substantial excerpts from the three works that ensured her international and enduring stature: The Origins of Totalitarianism, The Human Condition, and Eichmann in Jerusalem. Additionally, this volume includes several other provocative essays, as well as her correspondence with other influential figures. |