On Revolution

ISBN-13: 9780143039907 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 368 str.

Hannah Arendt

Opis

A unique and fascinating look at violent political change by one of the most profound thinkers of the twentieth century and the author of Eichmann in Jerusalem and The Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt's penetrating observations on the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, have been fundamental to our understanding of our political landscape. On Revolution is her classic exploration of a phenomenon that has reshaped the globe. From the eighteenth-century rebellions in America and France to the explosive changes of the twentieth century, Arendt traces the changing face of revolution and its relationship to war while underscoring the crucial role such events will play in the future. Illuminating and prescient, this timeless work will fascinate anyone who seeks to decipher the forces that shape our tumultuous age.

O autorze

Hannah Arendt, am 14. Oktober 1906 in Hannover geboren und am 4. Dezember 1975 in New York gestorben, studierte Philosophie, Theologie und Griechisch unter anderem bei Heidegger, Bultmann und Jaspers, bei dem sie 1928 promovierte. 1933 Emigration nach Paris, ab 1941 in New York. 1946 bis 1948 Lektorin, danach als freie Schriftstellerin tätig. 1963 Professorin für Politische Theorie in Chicago, ab 1967 an der New School for Social Research in New York.