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On Violence (Harvest Book)
Hannah Arendt
Harvest Books, 1970
Castration and Power
The irony of viewing the natural need of men (and increasingly, women) to view power as dominance over rather than as a part of a coooperative spirit toward mutual goals is the foundation of this articulate and simple philosophy where violence becomes a part of the ...
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Men in Dark Times
Hannah Arendt
Harvest Books, 1970
Intellectual portaits that augment human dignity
These portraits of Karl Jaspers, Waldemar Gurian, Randall Jarrell, Walter Benjamin,Isak Dinesen,Bertolhdt Brecht, Pope John XXIII are remarkable for their human insight, their narrative power and their philosophical understanding. Arendt makes of each portrait a life- ...
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt
Harvest Books, 1973
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS I HAVE READ.
MY EDUCATION WOULD BE INCOMPLETE HAD I NOT READ THIS BOOK. EASILY 5 STARS.
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On Revolution (Penguin Classics)
Hannah Arendt
Penguin Classics, 2006
Brilliant
This book is yet another deep, original and controversial contribution of Hannah Arendt to twentieth century political theory. In this book, Arendt analyzes the phenomenon of revolution by focusing almost exclusively on the great XVIIIth century revolutions, the ...
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The Life of the Mind (Combined 2 Volumes in 1)
Hannah Arendt
Harvest/HBJ Book, 1981
Philosophically speaking, this is Arendt at her best.
In her typical straight-to-the-point style of writing, Arendt explores some of the most philosophically important questions asked since antiquity. She guides us through the ages of development on topics such as freewill, time, and Being. She is one of the most ...
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Responsibility and Judgment
Hannah Arendt
Schocken, 2005
A collection of previously unpublished writings from the last decade of the life of editor & World War II survivor Hannah Arendt
Responsibility And Judgment is a collection of previously unpublished writings from the last decade of the life of editor and World War II survivor Hannah Arendt (1906-1975). Chapters wrestle with complex moral issues and philosophical questions both in general and in ...
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Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (Penguin Classics)
Hannah Arendt
Penguin Classics, 2006
A Classic that Elaborates on the Genocide of Jews and Others
I am delighted to see this classic back in print. Jewish author Hannah Arendt has provided a wealth of timeless information that goes far beyond the trial of the German war criminal Adolf Eichmann. This review is based on the original (1964) edition.
Arendt (p. 39) ...
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Between Past and Future (Penguin Classics)
Hannah Arendt, Jerome Kohn
Penguin Classics, 2006
More vitamins than a semester full of the "usual texts"
Notice inside the parenthesis next to the title it says (20th century classics). That's because this work belongs to that rank. I first read this book back when I was in grad school, and have used it as a reference ever since. If a 'classic' -- if we may dare use such ...
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The Portable Hannah Arendt (Penguin Classics)
Hannah Arendt
Penguin Classics, 2003
Superb introduction to a great mind.
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century. She was equally at home in philosophy, political theory, and history, and blended all three disciplines in her pursuit of integrity in political thought and action. This fine book is ...
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The Human Condition (2nd Edition)
Hannah Arendt
University Of Chicago Press, 1998
What it is that We are Doing
Arendt begins her opus magnum with a proposal: she states that the launch of Sputnik in 1957 (similar to Vaclav Havel's proposal of the moon landing) has hearkened in a new age of humanity. Following this proposal is one of the most mysterious but rewarding books of ...
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Totalitarianism: Part Three of The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt
Harvest Books, 1968
A rationale that explains the horrors of totalitarianism.
Hannah Arendt describes totalitarianism as a system of total domination based on a combination of propaganda and terror. She bases it primarily on a policy of keeping the population off balance by systematically arresting and executing members that it decides are ...
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Correspondence 1926-1969
Hannah Arendt, Karl Jaspers
Harvest Books, 1993
More Than a Correspondence - A Dialogue
In 1926 Hannah Arendt was a student of Karl Jaspers at Heidelberg University. What began as the questions of a student to her teacher in 1926 blossomed into a friendly correspondence that ended with Arendt's forced emigration from Nazi Germany to the United States, ...
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Crises of the Republic: Lying in Politics; Civil Disobedience; On Violence; Thoughts on Politics and ...
Hannah Arendt
Harvest Books, 1972
An Honest View vs. Political Lying
This reviewer considers Hannah Arendt as a "Renaissance Woman." She was learned individual who wrote profoundly on philosophy, history, political thought, etc. Her book CRISES OF THE REPUBLIC again demonstrates her knowledge, profound thought, and ability to write. ...
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The Jewish Writings
Hannah Arendt
Schocken, 2008
Essential documents for understanding a central political thinker
Hannah Arendt is known today primarily as the political thinker who provided a fundamental understanding of 'Totalitarianism'. Her work explores the meaning of the human condition. And her thought often involves a profound exploration of the etymology of basic concepts ...
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The Promise of Politics
Hannah Arendt
Schocken, 2007
Drama Queen
Jerome Kuhn's introduction is a little patronizing of Arendt, but it's short and skimpy and won't deter you from plunging into Arendt's prose, beginning with her startling revision of Socrates. For Arendt, Socrates helped split politics and philosophy with one ...
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