Bernstein, Richard J.
Why Read Hannah Arendt Now?
Richard J. Bernstein argues that Arendt should be read today because her penetrating insights help us to think about both the darkness of our times and the sources of illumination. He explores her thinking about statelessness and refugees; the right to have rights; her critique of Zionism; the meaning of the banality of evil; the complex relations between truth, lying, power, and violence; the tradition of the revolutionary spirit; and the urgent need for each of us to assume responsibility for our political lives.
This short and very readable book will be of great interest to anyone who wants to understand the forces that are shaping our world today.
Keywords: Hannah Arendt, political theory, political philosophy, populism, totalitarianism, Donald Trump, Brexit, current events, 20th Century Philosophy, Democratic Theory, 20th Century Philosophy, Democratic Theory
- Author(s)
- Bernstein, Richard J.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2018
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 120 pages
- Category
- Society
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781509528639
- Printed ISBN
- 9781509528608