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Fifteen philosophy scholars form a panel of essays answering to the major ideas and thoughts of Hannah Arendt, the influential and often controversial intellectual in the 1930s and through the 1970s. The contributors come from the most central philosophy schools in critical theory, communitarianism, virtue theory, and feminism, covering themes of political action and judgment, ethics and the nature of evil, Self and world, and gender and Jewishness. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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"This collection provides innovative and provocative readings and re-readings of significant aspects of Arendt's work, suggesting that, 20 years after her death, we can better afford to listen to her. Because of the calibre of the contributors, thdyis will make a significant contribution to the exponentially growing field of Arendt scholarship." - Lisa J. Disch, Assistant Professor of Political Science , University of Minnesota. Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was one of the most important political philosophers of our century. Born in Germany, Arendt studied with Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers. She escaped after the Nazis came to power; remained stateless until 1951, when she became a U.S. citizen; was the first woman appointed to a full professorship at Princeton; and became a prominent "public intellectual" whose positions were often controversial. Her major works include The Origins of Totalitarianism, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, The Human Condition, and The Life of the Mind (unfinished at her death). Now, twenty years later, this collection of fifteen essays brings her work into dialogue with those philosophical views that are at center stage today -- in critical theory, communitarianism, virtue theory, and feminism. The essays are divided into four sections: Political Action and Judgment; Ethics and the Nature of Evil; Self and World; and Gender and Jewishness. An extensive bibliography of work on Arendt in English is included as an appendix. THE ESSAYS Hannah Arendt as a Conservative Thinker, Margaret Canovan. Hannah Arendt on Judgment: The Unwritten Doctrine of Reason, Albrecht Wellmer. The Moral Costs of Political Pluralism: The Dilemmas of Difference and Equality in Arendt's "Reflections on Little Rock," James Bohman. Socialization and Institutional Evil, Larry May. The Commodification of Values, Elizabeth M. Meade. Did Hannah Arendt Change Her Mind?: From Radical Evil to the Banality of Evil, Richard J. Bernstein. Evil and Plurality: Hannah Arendt's Way to The Life of the Mind, I, Jerome Kohn. The Banality of Philosophy: Arendt on Heidegger and Eichmann, Dana R. Villa. Thinking about the Self, Suzanne Duvall Jacobitti. Novus Ordo Saeclorum: The Trial of (Post)Modernity or the Tale of Two Revolutions, David Ingram. The Political Dimension of the Public World: On Hannah Arendt's Interpretation of Martin Heidegger, Jeffrey Andrew Barash. Love and Worldliness: Hannah Arendt's Reading of St. Augustine, Ronald Beiner. Women in Dark Times: Rahel Varnhagen, Rosa Luxemburg, Hannah Arendt, and Me, Bat-Ami Bar On. Hannah Arendt among Feminists, Elisabeth Young-Bruehl. Ethics in Many Voices, Annette C. Baier.
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Larry May is Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. Jerome Kohn is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Cooper Union and Lecturer in Humanities at the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research.
Hannah Arendt: Twenty Years Later FROM THE PUBLISHER
"This collection provides innovative and provocative readings and re-readings of significant aspects of Arendt's work, suggesting that, twenty years after her death, we can better afford to listen to her. Because of the caliber of the contributors, this will make a significant contribution to the exponentially growing field of Arendt scholarship."
-- Lisa J. Disch, University of Minnesota Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was one of the most important political philosophers of our century. Now, twenty years after her death, this collection of fifteen essays brings her work into dialogue with those philosophical views that are at center stage today--in critical theory, communitarianism, virtue theory, and feminism. An extensive bibliography of work on Arendt in English is included as an appendix.
THE ESSAYS
Hannah Arendt as a Conservative ThinkerMargaret Canovan. Hannah Arendt on Judgment: The Unwritten Doctrine of ReasonAlbrecht Wellmer. The Moral Costs of Political Pluralism: The Dilemmas of Difference and Equality in Arendt's "Reflections on Little Rock,"James Bohman. Socialization and Institutional EvilLarry May. The Commodification of ValuesElizabeth M. Meade. Did Hannah Arendt Change Her Mind?: From Radical Evil to the Banality of EvilRichard J. Bernstein. Evil and Plurality: Hannah Arendt's Way to The Life of the Mind, IJerome Kohn. The Banality of Philosophy: Arendt on Heidegger and EichmannDana R. Villa. Thinking about the SelfSuzanne Duvall Jacobitti. Novus Ordo Saeclorum: The Trial of (Post)Modernity or the Tale of Two RevolutionsDavid Ingram. The Political Dimension of the Public World: On Hannah Arendt's Interpretation of Martin HeideggerJeffrey Andrew Barash. Love and Worldliness: Hannah Arendt's Reading of St. AugustineRonald Beiner. Women in Dark Times: Rahel Varnhagen, Rosa Luxemburg, Hannah Arendt, and MeBat-Ami Bar On. Hannah Arendt among FeministsElisabeth Young-Bruehl. Ethics in Many VoicesAnnette C. Baier.
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Fifteen philosophy scholars form a panel of essays answering to the major ideas and thoughts of Hannah Arendt, the influential and often controversial intellectual in the 1930s and through the 1970s. The contributors come from the most central philosophy schools in critical theory, communitarianism, virtue theory, and feminism, covering themes of political action and judgment, ethics and the nature of evil, Self and world, and gender and Jewishness. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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