Hannah Arendt - A Very Short Introduction

List of contents

• 1: Life and work


• 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: Judgement, thinking, and willing


• Further reading


• Index

About the author

Dana Villa is the Packey J. Dee Professor of Political Theory at the University of Notre Dame. He has written a number of books and articles on Hannah Arendt, and has also published on Socrates, Tocqueville, Hegel, Mill, Weber, and the Frankfurt School. His books on Arendt include Arendt (2021), Politics, Philosophy, Terror: Essays on the Thought of Hannah Arendt (1999), and Arendt and Heidegger: The Fate of the Political (1995). Villa has won fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute for Advanced Studies, and the American Council of Learned Societies. He was also Haniel Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin (2002).

Summary

An exploration of the life and political essays of 20th century philosopher, Hannah Arendt. Dana Villa analyses Arendt's pathbreaking studies on totalitarianism, power, evil, and political theory.

Product details

• Authors: Dana Villa, Dana (Packey J. Dee Professor of Political Villa
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.01.2023
• EAN: 9780198806981
• ISBN: 978-0-19-880698-1
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 174 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Very Short Introductions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Social and cultural history