Hannah Arendt: A Very Short Introduction

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Hannah Arendt: A Very Short Introduction

Name: Hannah Arendt: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 9780198806981

Dana Villa

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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was one of the major intellectual figures of the twentieth century. Born in Konigsberg to secular Jewish parents, she was a student of the two major exponents of Existenz philosophy in Germany, Karl Jaspers and Martin Heidegger. Arendt escaped Nazi Germany in 1933, traveling first to Paris and then in 1940 to the United States, where she gained citizenship in 1951. As director of the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction she oversaw the collection and presentation of over 1.5million articles of Judaica and Hebraica that had been hidden from or looted by the Nazis. This Very Short Introduction explores the philosophical ideas and political theories belonging to one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. As a survivor of the Holocaust, Arendt's life informed her work exploring the meaning and construction of power, evil, totalitarianism, and direct democracy. Through insightful...

Categories:

Biography & Autobiography - General & Miscellaneous Biography

Year:

2022

Publisher:

OUP Oxford

Language:

english

Pages:

160

ISBN 10:

0192533630