Hannah Arendt

'Hannah Arendt: Key Concepts' consolidates the disparate strands of Arendt's thought to provide an accessible and essential guide for anybody who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of this leading intellectual figure.

Hannah Arendt is one of the most prominent thinkers of modern times, whose profound influence extends across philosophy, politics, law, history, international relations, sociology, and literature. Presenting new and powerful ways to think about human freedom and responsibility, Arendt's work has provoked intense debate and controversy. 'Hannah Arendt: Key Concepts' explores the central ideas of Arendt's thought, such as freedom, action, power, judgement, evil, forgiveness and the social. Bringing together an international team of contributors, the essays provide lucid accounts of Arendt's fundamental themes and their ethical and political implications. The specific concepts Arendt deployed to make sense of the human condition, the phenomena of political violence, terror and totalitarianism, and the prospects of sustaining a shared public world are all examined. 'Hannah Arendt: Key Concepts' consolidates the disparate strands of Arendt's thought to provide an accessible and essential guide for anybody who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of this leading intellectual figure.

Autorentext

Patrick Hayden is Professor of Political Theory and International Relations at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.

Zusammenfassung
'Hannah Arendt: Key Concepts' consolidates the disparate strands of Arendt's thought to provide an accessible and essential guide for anybody who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of this leading intellectual figure.

Inhalt

Introduction: Illuminating Hannah Arendt Patrick Hayden Part 1: On the Human Condition 1. Natality Karin Fry 2. Labour, work and action Paul Voice 3. Hannah Arendt on the world Siobhan Kattago 4. Narrating and understanding Maa Mrovlje Part 2: On Modernity's Crises 5. Totalitarianism and evil Lars Rensmann 6. Statelessness and the right to have rights Ayten Gündodu 7. Hannah Arendt on "the social" Philip Walsh 8. Hannah Arendt on authority and tradition Douglas Klusmeyer Part 3: On Politics and the Public World 9. Power and violence Elizabeth Frazer 10. Arendt and the political power of judgement Patrick Hayden 11. Responsibility Annabel Herzog 12. Arendt and the question of revolution Anthony F. Lang, Jr. 13. Promising and forgiveness Marguerite La Caze. Index