Hannah Arendt: For Love of the WorldThis highly acclaimed, prize-winning biography of one of the foremost political philosophers of the twentieth century is here reissued in a trade paperback edition for a new generation of readers. In a new preface the author offers an account of writings by and about Arendt that have appeared since the book's 1982 publication, providing a reassessment of her subject's life and achievement. Praise for the earlier edition: “Both a personal and an intellectual biography . . . It represents biography at its best.”—Peter Berger, front page, The New York Times Book Review “A story of surprising drama . . . . At last, we can see Arendt whole.”—Jim Miller, Newsweek “An adventure story that moves from pre-Nazi Germany to fame in the United States, and . . . a study of the influences that shaped a sharp political awareness.”—Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch Cover drawing by David Schorr |
Contents
Illustrations | vii |
Preface | xxxvii |
Acknowledgments | li |
The Shadows 19241929 | 42 |
The Life of a Jewess 19291933 | 77 |
Stateless Persons 19331941 | 115 |
Loyalty Is the Sign of Truth 19411948 | 164 |
A Private Face in Public Life 19481951 | 212 |
Cura Posterior Eichmann in Jerusalem 19611965 | 328 |
America in Dark Times 19651970 | 383 |
No Longer and Not Yet The Life of the Mind 19701975 | 438 |
German Texts of Arendts Poems | 478 |
Notes | 501 |
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Being at Home in the World 19511961 | 263 |