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Politics, Philosophy, Terror
Dana R. Villa
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Description for Politics, Philosophy, Terror
paperback. Begins by focusing on some controversial aspects of Arendt's political thought. This title shows that Arendt's idea of the banality of evil - inspired by the trial of Adolf Eichmann - does not lessen the guilt of war criminals by suggesting that they are mere cogs in a bureaucratic machine. Num Pages: 269 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
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, modernity, ... Read more
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, modernity, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Weight
398g
Number of Pages
269
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691009353
SKU
V9780691009353
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About Dana R. Villa
Dana R. Villa is the author of Arendt and Heidegger: The Fate of the Political (Princeton) and the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Hannah Arendt. He teaches political theory at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Reviews for Politics, Philosophy, Terror
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2000 Villa explores the tensions between [Hannah] Arendt's disdain for those who fail to think and her distrust of the contemplative retreat from the world... [A] lucid and illuminating book.
John Plotz, Lingua Franca In this splendid collection Villa focuses on Arendt's analysis of totalitarian evil and its relationship to the ... Read more
John Plotz, Lingua Franca In this splendid collection Villa focuses on Arendt's analysis of totalitarian evil and its relationship to the ... Read more