03454nam 2200661 a 450 991077740320332120230124182616.01-281-72304-597866117230400-300-13456-810.12987/9780300134568(CKB)1000000000473643(StDuBDS)AH23049800(SSID)ssj0000271625(PQKBManifestationID)11248194(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000271625(PQKBWorkID)10293479(PQKB)10398554(MiAaPQ)EBC3420359(DE-B1597)485288(OCoLC)952733911(DE-B1597)9780300134568(Au-PeEL)EBL3420359(CaPaEBR)ebr10210242(CaONFJC)MIL172304(OCoLC)923592562(EXLCZ)99100000000047364320060602d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrWhy Arendt matters[electronic resource] /Elisabeth Young-BruehlNew Haven Yale University Pressc20061 online resource (240 p.)Why X mattersSeries from jacket.0-300-12044-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-218) and index."Works by Hannah Arendt": p. [219]-220.The origins of totalitarianism and the twenty-first century -- The human condition and actions that matter -- Thinking about The life of the mind.Upon publication of her "field manual," The Origins of Totalitarianism, in 1951, Hannah Arendt immediately gained recognition as a major political analyst. Over the next twenty-five years, she wrote ten more books and developed a set of ideas that profoundly influenced the way America and Europe addressed the central questions and dilemmas of World War II. In this concise book, Elisabeth Young-Bruehl introduces her mentor's work to twenty-first-century readers. Arendt's ideas, as much today as in her own lifetime, illuminate those issues that perplex us, such as totalitarianism, terrorism, globalization, war, and "radical evil. "Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, who was Arendt's doctoral student in the early 1970's and who wrote the definitive biography of her mentor in 1982, now revisits Arendt's major works and seminal ideas. Young-Bruehl considers what Arendt's analysis of the totalitarianism of Nazi Germany and the Stalinist Soviet Union can teach us about our own times, and how her revolutionary understanding of political action is connected to forgiveness and making promises for the future. The author also discusses The Life of the Mind, Arendt's unfinished meditation on how to think about thinking. Placed in the context of today's political landscape, Arendt's ideas take on a new immediacy and importance. They require our attention, Young-Bruehl shows, and continue to bring fresh truths to light.Why X matters.Political sciencePhilosophyTotalitarianismPolitical sciencePhilosophy.Totalitarianism.320.5092CI 6373rvkYoung-Bruehl Elisabeth188351MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777403203321Why Arendt matters23666UNINA