Hannah Arendt

Informationen zum Autor Simon Swift Klappentext Presents Hannah Arendt's work. This book offers a critical engagement with the cultural and philosophical crises of mid-twentieth-century Europe. It contains key ideas from her works such as "The Origins of Totalitarianism" and "The Human Condition". Zusammenfassung Studying one of the key thinkers of the twentieth century, this new and welcome addition to the Routledge Critical Thinkers series examines the theories from Arendt’s three main works, offers explanations to the main claims of the works, and presents a guide to her philosophical, literary and cultural context. Inhaltsverzeichnis Why Arendt? 1 Biography, Theory and Politics 2 Thinking and Society 3 Acting 4 Labour, Work and Modernism 5 Judging: From Kant to Eichmann 6 Anti-Semitism 7 Imperialism, Racism and Nation 8 Totalitarianism Coda: Evil After Arendt

Product details

• Authors: Simon Swift, Simon Swift, Simon (University of Leeds Swift, Swift Simon
• Assisted by: Robert Eaglestone (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.10.2008
• EAN: 9780415425858
• ISBN: 978-0-415-42585-8
• No. of pages: 162
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers; Routledge Critical Thinkers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Philosophy, social and political philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Literary theory