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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157526403321

Titolo

The Anthem companion to Hannah Arendt / / edited by Peter Baehr and Philip Walsh [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Anthem Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-78308-639-4

1-78308-183-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 284 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Anthem companions to sociology

Classificazione

SOC026000

Disciplina

320.5

Soggetti

Political science - History - 20th century

Sociology - History - 20th century

Political sociology - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Arendt and totalitarianism / Charles Turner -- The human condition and the theory of action / John Levi-Martin -- Eichmann in Jerusalem : heuristic myth and social science / Judith Adler -- The perplexities of beginning : Hannah Arendt's theory of revolution / Daniel Gordon -- The life of the mind of Hannah Arendt / Liah Greenfeld -- Hannah Arendt on thinking, personhood and meaning  / Philip Walsh -- Explaining genocide : Hannah Arendt and the social scientific concept of dehumanization / Johannes Lang -- Arendt on power and violence / Guido Parietti -- The theory of totalitarian leadership / Peter Baehr.

Sommario/riassunto

The Anthem Companion to Hannah Arendt offers a unique collection of essays on one of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers. The companion encompasses Arendt's most salient arguments and major works; The Origins of Totalitarianism, The Human Condition