Men in Dark Times (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback)

Men in Dark Times (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback)

Essays on Karl Jaspers, Rosa Luxemburg, Pope John XXIII, Isak Dinesen, Bertolt Brecht, Randall Jarrell, and others whose lives and work illuminated the early part of the century

The Promise of Politics (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback)

In The Promise of Politics, Hannah Arendt examines the conflict between philosophy and politics. In particular, she shows how the tradition of Western political thought, which extends from Plato and Aristotle to its culmination in Marx, failed to account for human action. The concluding section of

Why Read Hannah Arendt Now? (Bernstein Richard J.)(Paperback)

Recently there has been an extraordinary international revival of interest in Hannah Arendt. She was extremely perceptive about the dark tendencies in contemporary life that continue to plague us. She developed a concept of politics and public freedom that serves as a critical standard for judging

Life of the Mind: One/Thinking, Two/Willing (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback)

The most intriguing...and thought-provoking book that Hannah Arendt wrote (The New York Times Book Review), The Life of the Mind is the final work by the political theorist, philosopher, and feminist thinker.This fascinating book investigates thought itself as it exists in contemplative life. In a

The Human Condition: Second Edition (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback)

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

The Portable Hannah Arendt (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback)

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

Origins of Totalitarianism (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback)

Jewish Writings (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback)

Although Hannah Arendt is not primarily known as a Jewish thinker, she probably wrote more about Jewish issues than any other topic. As a young adult in Germany, she wrote about German Jewish history. After moving to France in 1933, she helped Jewish youth immigrate to Palestine. During her years

Freedom to Be Free (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback / softback)

Love and Saint Augustine (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback)

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

Eichmann and the Holocaust (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback / softback)

On Violence (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback)

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

Hannah Arendt (Hill Samantha Rose)(Paperback)

Hannah Arendt is one of the most renowned political thinkers of the twentieth century, and her work has never been more relevant than it is today. Born in Germany in 1906, Arendt published her first book at the age of twenty-three, before turning away from the world of academic philosophy to reckon

Hannah Arendtová Z lásky k svetu - Elisabeth Young-Bruehlová

Kniha americkej historičky Elžbiety Ettingerovej Hannah Arendtová - Martin Heidegger rozpráva príbeh lásky a vzájomného obdivu dvoch veľkých postáv modernej filozofie. Ich vzťah, ktorý načas ohrozili tragiské udalosti 20. storočia, pretrval nevzory všetkému vyše päťdesiat

Lovení perel - Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendtová

Hannah Arendtová publikovala v roce 1968 esej s jednoduchým názvem Walter Benjamin (1892-1940). Téhož roku uveřejnila i jeho anglickou verzi jako předmluvu k prvnímu anglickému vydání Benjaminových vybraných spisů, které neslo název Illuminations a o něž se sama výrazně

Život ducha II. - Hannah Arendtová

HANNAH ARENDTOVÁ (1906-1975) se ve svém posledním díle, jehož knižní podoba vyšla až z pozůstalosti, věnuje základním, na sebe nepřevoditelným dimenzím lidské mysli či ducha: myšlení, chtění a souzení. Druhý svazek se zabývá mohutností vůle, tedy i závažným problémem

On Revolution - Faber Modern Classics (Arendt Dr. Hannah)(Paperback / softback)

Hannah Arendt's penetrating observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, have been fundamental to our understanding of the political

Hannah Arendt and the Negro Question (Gines Kathryn T.)(Paperback)

While acknowledging Hannah Arendt's keen philosophical and political insights, Kathryn T. Gines claims that there are some problematic assertions and oversights regarding Arendt's treatment of the 'Negro question.' Gines focuses on Arendt's reaction to the desegregation of Little Rock schools, to

On Violence - Hannah Arendt

Written in 1970, with the Holocaust and Hiroshima still fresh in recent memory, the war in Vietnam raging and the streets of Europe and America seething with student protest, Hannah Arendt's now classic work offered a startling dissection of violence in the twentieth century: its nature and causes,

Between Past and Future: Eight Exercises in Political Thought (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback)

From the author of Eichmann in Jerusalem and The Origins of Totalitarianism, 'a book to think with through the political impasses and cultural confusions of our day' (Harper's Magazine) Hannah Arendt's insightful observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past,

The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin, 1910-1940 (Benjamin Walter)(Paperback)

Called 'the most important critic of his time' by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has only become more influential over the years, as his work has assumed a crucial place in current debates over the interactions of art, culture, and meaning. A 'natural and extraordinary talent for letter writing was

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback)

The controversial journalistic analysis of the mentality that fostered the Holocaust, from the author of The Origins of Totalitarianism Sparking a flurry of heated debate, Hannah Arendt's authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series

The Correspondence of Hannah Arendt and Gershom Scholem (Arendt Hannah)(Pevná vazba)

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

Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback)

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