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Hannah Arendt

A Very Short Introduction

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Hannah Arendt

By: Dana Villa
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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, traveling first to Paris, and then in 1940 to the United States, where she gained citizenship in 1951. As director of the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction she oversaw the collection and presentation of over 1.5 million articles of Judaica and Hebraica that had been hidden from or looted by the Nazis.

This Very Short Introduction explores the philosophical ideas and political theories belonging to one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. As a survivor of the Holocaust, Arendt's life informed her work exploring the meaning and construction of power, evil, totalitarianism, and direct democracy. Dana Villa explains how Arendt gained world-wide fame with the publication of The Origins of Totalitarianism, and went on to have a distinguished career as a political theorist and public intellectual. A sometimes controversial figure, Arendt is now recognized as one of the most important political thinkers of the twentieth century and her works have become an acknowledged part of the Western canon of political theory and philosophy.

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Brilliant: both Arendt and this introductory work

1. Arendt, and her philosophy, embody what is noble. I disagree with Arendt on many issues--for example, perhaps she gives "politics" a far too high status; also, her depiction of what is the political seems too idealistic--but there is no doubt that her thoughts are absolutely brilliant and worth a serious engaging.

2. This introduction is pithy and tremendously helpful. I had read Arendt for several years, and had accumulated lots of questions--I didn't know if they were the result of some deficiency of Arendt's philosophy, or simply due to my own incompetence of correctly understanding her. Then comes this book--now I have a much clearer awareness of where I am in the conversation with the great philosopher.

Highly recommended.

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