Hannah Arendt

by Swift Simon, Simon Swift, Simon Swift

Book Overview

Hannah Arendt's work offers a powerful critical engagement with the cultural and philosophical crises of mid-twentieth-century Europe. Her idea of the banality of evil, made famous after her report on the trial of the Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann, remains controversial to this day.

In the face of 9/11 and the 'war on terror', Arendt's work on the politics of freedom and the rights of man in a democratic state are especially relevant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415425867
• ISBN13: 9780415425865
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.6"