Hill, Samantha Rose
Hannah Arendt (Critical Lives)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781789143799
- author:
- Hill, Samantha Rose
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Reaktion Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.8 x 1.4 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Biography, General, Geschichte,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
Hannah Arendt was a renowned political thinker whose work remains remarkably relevant today. Born in 1906, she began publishing at just twenty-three years old, before turning her attention to the rise of the Third Reich.
After World War II, Arendt became one of the most prominent public intellectuals of her time, producing influential works such as The Origins of Totalitarianism and Eichmann in Jerusalem. This biography offers a fresh perspective on her life, combining new biographical detail with archival documents, poems, and correspondence to reveal a woman driven by a passion for the life of the mind.
Samantha Rose Hill's insightful exploration sheds light on Arendt's complex and often contentious legacy, offering a nuanced understanding of this pivotal thinker's enduring impact on modern politics and philosophy.
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