The Human Condition

Name: The Human Condition
Brand: The University of Chicago Press
SKU: 9780226586601
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By Hannah Arendt

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The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt delves into the nature of human activities, categorised into labour, work, and action. Arendt explores how these activities relate to the human experience and philosophical concepts of freedom and being in the world. Through insightful analysis, she reflects on modernity's impact on the human experience and the role of public and private life.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in exploring the complexities of human activities and their impact on both the individual and society. It delves into themes of labour, work, and action, offering a philosophical perspective on the human experience and condition. It’s ideal for readers who appreciate thoughtful insights on political theory and social philosophy.

The Human Condition

Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable.

Description

The past year has seen a resurgence of interest in the political thinker Hannah Arendt, "the theorist of beginnings," whose work probes the logics underlying unexpected transformations—from totalitarianism to revolution.

A work of striking originality, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable.

The problems Arendt identified then—diminishing human agency and political freedom, the paradox that as human powers increase through technological and humanistic inquiry, we are less equipped to control the consequences of our actions—continue to confront us today.

This new edition, published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of its original publication, contains Margaret Canovan’s 1998 introduction and a new foreword by Danielle Allen.

A classic in political and social theory, The Human Condition is a work that has proved both timeless and perpetually timely.

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The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt is praised for its intellectual depth and creative insight. Arendt is noted for expanding the reader's understanding just as effectively as in her previous work on totalitarianism, as acknowledged by Philip Toynbee in the Guardian.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780226586601

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 October 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: University of Chicago Press

Edition: 2nd edition

Contributors:

Introduction by Margaret Canovan
Foreword by Danielle Allen

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 380

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About the Author

Hannah Arendt is widely considered one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. The University of Chicago Press also publishes her Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy and Love and Saint Augustine, as well as The Correspondence of Hannah Arendt and Gershom Scholem. Margaret Canovan is an English political theorist who has published widely on Arendt. Her books include The People and Hannah Arendt: A Reinterpretation of Her Political Thought. Danielle Allen is James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, and Director of Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and the author, most recently, of Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.