This highly acclaimed, prize-winning biography of one of the foremost political philosophers of the twentieth century is here reissued in a trade paperback edition for a new generation of readers. In a new preface the author offers an account of writings by and about Arendt that have appeared since the book's 1982 publication, providing a reassessment of her subject's life and achievement.

Praise for the earlier edition:

"Both a personal and an intellectual biography . . . It represents biography at its best."--Peter Berger, front page, The New York Times Book...