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1. The Portable Hannah Arendt (Penguin Classics) by Hannah Arendt | |
Paperback: 640
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(2003-07-29)
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Editorial Review Product Description Arendt burst upon the world literary stage in 1951 with The Origins of Totalitarianism and a Saturday Review cover photo. She understood totalitarianism as an unprecedented phenomenon, identifying several elements that fused into it and analyzing totalitarian movements and rule. The success of Origins led to prestigious lectureships and 25 years of fiercely independent writing and teaching. She proved knowledgeable about philosophy as well as history and politics, fluent not only in English and German (her beloved "mother tongue") but also in French, Greek, and Latin. This precocious German Jewess had devoted her college years to studying philosophy, theology, and Greek (with Heidegger, Jaspers, Husserl, and Bultmann!), but the Nazi rise to power compelled Arendt to focus on politics, especially the Jewish question. From the '50s until her death in 1975, Arendt developed and publicly defended controversial views, including her report on the Eichmann trial and her coinage "the banality of evil"; her opposition to integrationist busing and to affirmative action hiring in universities; and her version of (classical) republicanism, rooted in her radical understandings of human action and the dignity of politics. All these views and more find expression in this collection. Of late, Arendt's fame has been rekindled by revelations of her love affair with Heidegger. Now, as we approach her birth centenary (2006), this Portable provides newcomers and faithful admirers alike a marvelous package of Arendt's writings. --Richard Kenney Customer Reviews (3)
An excellent resource for both old and new readers of Arendt
great starting place to read one of the most brilliant thinkers of the 20th century!
Superb introduction to a great mind. |
2. The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt | |
Paperback: 536
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(2009-12-08)
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Do not buy the general books edition!!
horrible copy of a wonderful book
Avoid www.general-books.net--terrible copy
good
Totalitarianism, Loneliness and Modernity |
3. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (Penguin Classics) by Hannah Arendt | |
Paperback: 336
Pages
(2006-09-22)
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"Moral collapse of respectable European society"--Courageous book!
A selection for TheGreat Books Foundation.
"Some of my best friends are anti-Semites"
Worth Reading Twice
landmark book in 20th century |
4. The Human Condition (2nd Edition) by Hannah Arendt | |
Paperback: 370
Pages
(1998-12-01)
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Neither Marx nor Rand...............
Debunking Hannah Arendt on Science
What it is that We are Doing
The Color Purple
Unbelievably verbose and difficult to read |
5. On Revolution (Penguin Classics) by Hannah Arendt | |
Paperback: 368
Pages
(2006-09-26)
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Dense but well worth the effort
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On "On Revolution"
Brilliant |
6. Hannah Arendt and the Uses of History: Imperialism, Nation, Race, and Genocide by Richard H. King | |
Paperback: 292
Pages
(2008-09-15)
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7. The Life of the Mind (Combined 2 Volumes in 1) (Vols 1&2) by Hannah Arendt | |
Paperback: 540
Pages
(1981-03-16)
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A refuge of delight for the thoughtful reader
A great Testament to Arendt's genius
Appearances and Being
A must read
Philosophically speaking, this is Arendt at her best. |
8. Hannah Arendt: For Love of the World, Second Edition by Elisabeth Young-Bruehl | |
Paperback: 620
Pages
(2004-10-11)
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Simply one of the best biographies I have ever read.
Greatness of mind
a fascinating ,well written and judicious biography |
9. Crises of the Republic: Lying in Politics; Civil Disobedience; On Violence; Thoughts on Politics and Revolution by Hannah Arendt | |
Paperback: 252
Pages
(1972-05-10)
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utterly brilliant!!!
An Honest View vs. Political Lying |
10. On Violence (Harvest Book) by Hannah Arendt | |
Paperback: 120
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(1970-03-11)
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Twentieth Century Violence
Barrigada, Guam
Somewhat Abstract, Yet Excellent and Important
A destroyer of common sense myths about violence and its related concepts
Castration and Power |
11. Totalitarianism: Part Three of The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt | |
Paperback: 228
Pages
(1968-03-20)
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It can happen again.
Way Too Much Zen I happened to be reading a book on the KGB before I started reading this, and the situation at the time of the death of Stalin, then Beria, seems to fall in the sense of how this book claims that individuals don't matter to the system.Once Stalin was dead, having served Stalin was of no benefit to Beria.When Stalin was ruler, it was dangerous for anyone to get more votes than Stalin, as Kirov did shortly before his death.The denunciations of Stalin which followed Stalin's death did not end the practices which Stalin had been denounced for engaging in, any more than the attempt to impeach an America president in 1999 prevented any American from lying about his private life under oath forever after. Long after this book was written, the political system in the Soviet Union started to allow a broader selection of candidates, and Sakharov was the most popular politician in the Soviet Union at the time of his death from a heart attack.Sakharov had been an inventor of a sandwich design hydrogen bomb, which was first successfuly tested by dropping it from an airplane on November 22, 1955, a mere 8 years before an American president died under more suspicious circumstances, possibly related to his support for a ban on such tests. I haven't forgotten that someone posted a message after I had reviewed a book which didn't discuss any nuclear weapons whatever.This shows what kind of thing can happen when a person who reads a lot gets involved with those whose totalitarianism expects more respect than I happen to believe that any media deserve at the moment.Not everything that I have written has been posted, and it might be easiest for me to complain about family values totalitarianism.No one would think that the things which are done are limited to those acts which could be printed in a family newspaper, but the media can use family values as an excuse to ignore the most upsetting stories.Reviews of books are not supposed to get too personal, but sometimes the subject matter of the account makes any attempt to comprehend what is in the book offensive.In my own case, I tried to review a book by Gennifer Flowers called PASSION AND BETRAYAL in which the personal is covered by a little black nightie, but not for long.This might be personally embarrassing for the author and a friend of hers, but the danger that some form of totalianism might be criticized in that book would hardly occur to anyone who did not know about the episode when her neighbor with the video camera was getting beat up by guys who kept asking, "Where's the tape?"
A rationale that explains the horrors of totalitarianism. |
12. Thinking in Dark Times: Hannah Arendt on Ethics and Politics | |
Paperback: 288
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(2009-12-01)
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13. Between Past and Future (Penguin Classics) by Hannah Arendt, Jerome Kohn | |
Paperback: 320
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(2006-09-26)
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Usable for lower and upper division philosophy and education courses
Deep Thinking and a Better World
The intellectual situation is not improving; is a comic response art?
One of her best
Between truth and genius |
14. Stranger from Abroad: Hannah Arendt, Martin Heidegger, Friendship and Forgiveness by Daniel Maier-Katkin | |
Hardcover: 384
Pages
(2010-03-22)
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mentions the epicenter of evil
Zeitgeist and Atmosphere
Amazing book
Stranger among her people.
The Personal and the Philosophical |
15. The Jewish Writings by Hannah Arendt | |
Paperback: 640
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(2008-02-26)
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Essential documents for understanding a central political thinker |
16. Responsibility and Judgment by Hannah Arendt | |
Paperback: 336
Pages
(2005-08-09)
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Slow
astute observations!
Outstanding Work on Responsibility
Excellent
Great book, lousy introduction |
17. Correspondence 1926-1969 by Hannah Arendt, Karl Jaspers | |
Paperback: 848
Pages
(1993-11-18)
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Nice considerations of when these people should sound off
Heartwarming and Intellectually Engaging It's a warm book up until the very last entry, Arendt's address at Jaspers' funeral. That's enough to send a shiver up your spine--but only if you read it in the context of everything else.
More Than a Correspondence - A Dialogue It was during the years after 1945 that the two examined everything about their world and themselves. Of particular importance were the dual issues of German guilt for the war and, for Jaspers, what it meant to be a Jew, for not only was Arendt and her husband Jewish, but also Jaspers's wife. This issue becomes intertwined in their conversations about the future of West Germany, the Suez War of 1956, and Arendt's trip to Jerusalem to cover the trial of Adolf Eichmann. When they shift the political into the personal, Martin Heidegger, a colleague of Jaspers and a teacher of Arendt, is there for taking. The passages concerning Heidegger are quite gossipy at times and lend the reader a voyeuristic look into the private worlds of Arendt and Jaspers. It's almost as if when things get dull and weighty, a little dirt about Heidegger adds just the spice to make the letter memorable. The other strong point of this book is the portrait Arendt paints of politics in 1950s America, succinctly analyzing the Eisenhower (and later Kennedy) Administrations, describing the collapse of the cities in the 60s, and the "pointless" war in Vietnam. It's almost as if a mirror were held up to history, as insights about those turbelent times pour forth from every letter dispatched. An invaluable book, not only for those interested in the scholarly events of the times, but for anyone interested in the history of the times. ... Read more |
18. The Cambridge Companion to Hannah Arendt (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) | |
Paperback: 324
Pages
(2001-01-08)
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19. Hannah Arendt: An Introduction by John Mcgowan | |
Paperback: 216
Pages
(1997-12-15)
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Comprehensive, Clear, Clever |
20. Hannah Arendt and Human Rights: The Predicament of Common Responsibility (Studies in Continental Thought) by Peg Birmingham | |
Paperback: 184
Pages
(2006-09-08)
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