Why Arendt Matters (Why X Matters Series)

In 1951, Publication Of The Origins Of Totalitarianism Brought Hannah Arendt Immediate Recognition As A Political Thinker Of The First Order, And Over The Next Quarter-century, She Published Numerous Books That Profoundly Influenced The Way America And Europe Addressed The Central Questions And Dilemmas Of World War Ii. Yet For Many, The Significance Of Arendt's Work Has Been Lost In The Controversy Surrounding A Single Phrase, The Banality Of Evil, That Was Used In Her Study Eichmann In Jerusalem. Here, Elisabeth Young-bruehl Illuminates Arendt's Most Influential Work And Places It In The Context Of Crucial Twenty-first-century Issues Such As War, Terrorism, Security, Privacy, And What Kant Called Radical Evil.--book Jacket. The Origins Of Totalitarianism And The Twenty-first Century -- The Human Condition And Actions That Matter -- Thinking About The Life Of The Mind. Elisabeth Young-bruehl. Series From Jacket. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [211]-218) And Index. Works By Hannah Arendt: P. [219]-220.