Politics, philosophy, terror : essays on the thought of Hannah Arendt /
Hannah Arendt's rich and varied political thought is more influential today than ever before, due in part to the collapse of communism and the need for ideas that move beyond the old ideologies of the Cold War. As Dana Villa shows, however, Arendt's thought is often poorly understood, both...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©1999.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Hannah Arendt's rich and varied political thought is more influential today than ever before, due in part to the collapse of communism and the need for ideas that move beyond the old ideologies of the Cold War. As Dana Villa shows, however, Arendt's thought is often poorly understood, both because of its complexity and because her fame has made it easy for critics to write about what she is reputed to have said rather than what she actually wrote. Villa sets out to change that here, explaining clearly, carefully, and forcefully Arendt's major contributions to our understanding of politics, |
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| Item Description: | Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 266 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-260) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1400813743 9781400813742 1400823161 9781400823161 9780691009346 0691009341 9780691009353 069100935X 1282753762 9781282753761 9786612753763 6612753765 |
