On Violence

Informationen zum Autor Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) is considered one of the most important and influential thinkers of the twentieth century. A political theorist and philosopher, she is also the author of Crises of the Republic , On Violence , The Life of the Mind , and Men in Dark Times . The Origins of Totalitarianism was first published in 1951. Klappentext An analysis of the nature, causes, and significance of violence in the second half of the twentieth century. Arendt also reexamines the relationship between war, politics, violence, and power. "Incisive, deeply probing, written with clarity and grace, it provides an ideal framework for understanding the turbulence of our times"(Nation). Index. Zusammenfassung 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 twenty-first century. In this classic and still all too resonant work, Hannah Arendt puts her theories about violence into historical perspective, examining the relationships between war and politics, violence and power. Questioning the nature of violent behavior, she reveals the causes of its many manifestations, and ulitmately argues against Mao Zedong's dictum "power grows out of the barrel of a gun," proposing instead that "power and violence are opposites; where one rules absolutely, the other is absent."“Incisive, deeply probing, written with clarity and grace, it provides an ideal framework for understanding the turbulence of our times.”—The Nation

Product details

• Authors: Hannah Arendt, Arendt Hannah
• Publisher: Harvest Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.1970
• EAN: 9780156695008
• ISBN: 978-0-15-669500-8
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 9 mm
• Series: Harvest Book
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, War Crimes, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, Political ideologies and movements, Anarchism, Educational strategies and policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Ideologies / Radicalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Human Rights, SCIENCE: History, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Genocide & War Crimes, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Violence in Society, GENOCIDE STUDIES: SOCIOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATION: Violence & Harassment, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Ideologies / Anarchism, Genocide Studies / Sociology & Psychology