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Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was a philosopher and political theorist of astonishing range and originality and one of the leading thinkers of the twentieth century. A former student of Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers, she fled Nazi Germany to Paris in 1933, and subsequently escaped from Vichy France...

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Main Author: Villa, Dana Richard (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2021.
Series:Routledge philosophers.
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505 0 |t Life, influences, and central concerns.  |g I.  |t From Europe to America, philosophy to politics ;  |g II.  |t Praising politics after totalitarianism ;  |g III.  |t Locating Arendt in the political and philosophical landscape ;  |g IV.  |t Praxis, political thinking, and the role of the Ancient Greeks ;  |g V.  |t The traditional substitution of making for acting--a link to totalitarianism? ;  |g VI.  |t Alienation from the public world and the contemporary crisis ;  |t Summary --  |t Totalitarianism and political evil.  |g I.  |t The relation of Origins of totalitarianism to Arendt's later work ;  |g II.  |t Expansionism and the political emancipation of the bourgeoisie ;  |g III.  |t From race-thinking to racism in practice ;  |g IV.  |t Continental imperialism, tribal nationalism, and the pan-movements ;  |g V.  |t The decline of the nation-state: statelessness and the perplexities of the rights of man ;  |g VI.  |t The destruction of the European class system and the rise of totalitarian movements ;  |g VII.  |t Anti-Semitism ;  |g VIII.  |t Total domination and the destruction of human freedom ;  |g IX.  |t Ideaology and terror: totalitarianism as an unprecedented regime form ;  |t Summary --  |t Marx, labor, and the "rise of the social."  |g I.  |t Continuities and discontinuities ;  |g II.  |t Coming to terms with Marx and the tradition ;  |g III.  |t The public realm and the "rise of the social" ;  |g IV.  |t Labor and necessity ;  |t Summary --  |t Work, action, and the modern age.  |g I.  |t Work and the human article ;  |g II.  |t Action, meaning, and tangible freedom ;  |g III.  |t The modern age: world alienation and life as the highest good ;  |g IV.  |t Conclusion ;  |t Summary --  |t Revolution, constitution, authority.  |g I.  |t Violence and the meaning of revolution ;  |g II.  |t Historical necessity, the "social question" ;  |g III.  |t Republicanism, the "pursuit of happiness" and corruption ;  |g IV.  |t Power, promising, and authority ;  |g V.  |t Conclusion: self-assertion and self-grounding ;  |t Summary --  |t Judging.  |g I.  |t The place of judgment in Adrendt's thought ;  |g II.  |t Judging particulars: Eichmann in Jerusalem ;  |g III.  |t Thinking and judging: Socrates and Kant ;  |t Summary --  |t Thinking and willing.  |g I.  |t Thinking as a mental activity ;  |g II.  |t Willing and the "abyss of freedom" ;  |g III.  |t Conclusion ;  |t Summary --  |t Legacy. 
520 |a Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was a philosopher and political theorist of astonishing range and originality and one of the leading thinkers of the twentieth century. A former student of Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers, she fled Nazi Germany to Paris in 1933, and subsequently escaped from Vichy France to New York in 1941. The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) made her famous. After visiting professorships at Princeton, Berkeley and the University of Chicago, she took up a permanent position at the New School in 1967. Renowned for The Human Condition, On Revolution and The Life of the Mind, she is also known for her brilliant but controversial reporting and analysis of Adolf Eichmann's 1961 trial in Jerusalem, an experience that led to her to coin the phrase "the banality of evil." In this outstanding introduction to Arendt's thought Dana Villa begins with a helpful overview of Arendt's life and intellectual development, before examining and assessing the following important topics, Arendt's analysis of the nature of political evil and the arguments of The Origins of Totalitarianism, political freedom and political action and the arguments of On the Human Condition, especially Arendt's return to the ancient Greek polis and her critique of modernity, modernity and revolution and Arendt's text On Revolution, responsibility and judgment and her reporting of the Eichmann trial, Arendt's view of contemplation and the fundamental faculties of mental life, Arendt's rich legacy and influence, including her civic republican understanding of freedom and her influence on the Frankfurt School, communitarianism and Marxism. Including a chronology, chapter summaries and suggestions for further reading, this indispensable guide to Arendt's philosophy will also be useful to those in related disciplines such as politics, sociology, history and economics. 
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