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1 online resource (169 pages) |
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Preface; Abbreviations; 1. HANNAH ARENDT AS A POLITICAL THEORIST; 2. TRADITION AND THE PAST; 3. VITA ACTIVA: NATURE AND POLITICS; 4. THE PUBLIC REALM; 5. MORALITY AND POLITICS; Appendix: The Life of the Mind; Selected writings on Arendt; Index |
| Summary |
From the time she set the intellectual world on fire with her reflections on Eichmann (1963), Hannah Arendt has been seen, essentially, as a literary commentator who had interesting things to say about political and cultural matters. In this critical study, Shiraz Dossa argues that Arendt is a political theorist in the sense in which Aristotle is a theorist, and that the key to her political theory lies in the twin notions of the "public realm" and the "public self". In this work, the author explains how Arendt's unconventional and controversial views make sense on the terrain of her politi |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.
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| SUBJECT |
Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975 fast |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780889208315 |
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088920831X |
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