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Politics, Philosophy, Terror : Essays on the Thought of Hannah Arendt.
Hannah Arendt's rich and varied political thought is more influential today than ever before, due in part to the collapse of communism and the need for ideas that move beyond the old ideologies of the Cold War. As Dana Villa shows, however, Arendt's thought is often poorly understood, both...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2001.
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Hannah Arendt's rich and varied political thought is more influential today than ever before, due in part to the collapse of communism and the need for ideas that move beyond the old ideologies of the Cold War. As Dana Villa shows, however, Arendt's thought is often poorly understood, both because of its complexity and because her fame has made it easy for critics to write about what she is reputed to have said rather than what she actually wrote. Villa sets out to change that here, explaining clearly, carefully, and forcefully Arendt's major contributions to our understanding of politics, mod. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (277 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781400823161 1400823161 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |