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050 00 $aJC251.A74$bC26 1992
090 $aJC251 A74$bC26 1992
100 1 $aCanovan, Margaret.
245 10 $aHannah Arendt :$ba reinterpretation of her
political thought /$cMargaret Canovan.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University
Press,$c1992.
263 $a9211.
300 $aix, 298 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $aHannah Arendt is one of the most original and
controversial thinkers of the twentieth century, and her
work has attracted a great deal of criticism and comment. In
this major reevaluation, Margaret Canovan makes extensive
use of unpublished material to trace the themes of Arendt's
mature thought back to their origins in her concern with
Nazism and Stalinism, and shows that Arendt has been widely
misunderstood because her writings have not been adequately
contextualised. Dr. Canovan sheds new and often surprising
light on many of the most controversial areas of Arendt's
work, including her theory of totalitarianism itself, the
links between The Origins of Totalitarianism and The Human
Condition, her theory of action, her puzzling and disturbing
comments on 'the social question' and on morality in
politics, and many other aspects of her work. Arendt's
thought turns out to be more complex and more deeply
preoccupied with totalitarianism than is generally
recognised, but also, paradoxically, to have greater
contemporary relevance than might be expected. Dr. Canovan's
reinterpretation strengthens Arendt's claim to be regarded
as one of the most significant political thinkers of the
twentieth century.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
600 10 $aArendt, Hannah,$d1906-1975.
650 0 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy.
935 $aADQ0012
970 01 $tPreface
970 01 $tAbbreviations
970 11 $l1$tIntroduction$p1
970 11 $l2$tThe Origins of Totalitarianism$p17
970 11 $l3$t'Totalitarian Elements in Marxism'$p63
970 11 $l4$tThe Human Condition$p99
970 11 $l5$tMorals and politics in a post-totalitarian
age$p155
970 11 $l6$tA new republicanism$p201
970 11 $l7$tPhilosophy and politics$p253
970 11 $l8$tConclusion$p275
970 01 $tBibliography$p282
970 01 $tIndex$p293
