Hannah Arendt : a very short introduction / Dana Villa.

"Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was one of the major intellectual figures of the twentieth century. Born in Konigsberg to secular Jewish parents, she was a student of the two major exponents of Existenz philosophy in Germany, Karl Jaspers and Martin Heidegger. Arendt escaped Nazi Germany in 1933, tr...

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Main Author: Villa, Dana Richard (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Very short introductions ; 717.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. A life in dark times
  • 2. The nature and roots of totalitarianism
  • 3. Political freedom, the public realm, and the vita activa
  • 4. Revolution, constitution, and the 'social question.'
  • 5. Juding, thinking, and willing
  • Further reading.