Name: The Human Condition: Second Edition
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Author: Hannah Arendt
ISBN: 9780226586601

portada The Human Condition: Second Edition

Type

Physical Book

Author

Hannah Arendt

Preface by

Danielle Allen

Introduction by

Margaret Canovan

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

380

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.6x15.2x2.5 cm

Weight

0.62 kg.

ISBN13

9780226586601

Edition No.

0002

Synopsis "The Human Condition: Second Edition "

The past year has seen a resurgence of interest in the political thinker Hannah Arendt, "the theorist of beginnings," whose work probes the logics underlying unexpected transformations--from totalitarianism to revolution. A work of striking originality, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems Arendt identified then--diminishing human agency and political freedom, the paradox that as human powers increase through technological and humanistic inquiry, we are less equipped to control the consequences of our actions--continue to confront us today. This new edition, published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of its original publication, contains Margaret Canovan's 1998 introduction and a new foreword by Danielle Allen. A classic in political and social theory, The Human Condition is a work that has proved both timeless and perpetually timely.

Hannah Arendt

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(Hannover, Germany, 1906 - New York, United States, 1975) Arendt has established herself as one of the fundamental reference points for the understanding of political philosophy. Born in Hannover, she studied in Marburg, Freiburg, and Heidelberg, where she graduated in Philosophy. In 1933, when the Nazis came to power, she emigrated to Paris. Later, she settled in the United States, where she directed the Conference on Jewish Relations (1944-1946) and also the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Inc. She was a professor at the University of Chicago and also taught at Columbia, Princeton, and Berkeley.

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