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Power, Judgment and Political Evil
Celermajer, Danielle. Ed(S): Schaap, Andrew; Karalis, Vrasidas
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Description for Power, Judgment and Political Evil
Examines Hannah Arendt's ideas about thinking, acting and political responsibility. This book investigates the relationship between the life of the mind and the life of action that preoccupied Arendt throughout her life. Editor(s): Schaap, Andrew; Karalis, Vrasidas. Series Editor(s): Breen, Dr. Keith; Bulley, Dr. Dan; McManus, Dr. Susan. Series: Rethinking Political and International Theory. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 542.
In an interview with Günther Gaus for German television in 1964, Hannah Arendt insisted that she was not a philosopher but a political theorist. Disillusioned by the cooperation of German intellectuals with the Nazis, she said farewell to philosophy when she fled the country. This book examines Arendt's ideas about thinking, acting and political responsibility, investigating the relationship between the life of the mind and the life of action that preoccupied Arendt throughout her life. By joining in the conversation between Arendt and Gaus, each contributor probes her ideas about thinking and judging and their relation to responsibility, ... Read more
In an interview with Günther Gaus for German television in 1964, Hannah Arendt insisted that she was not a philosopher but a political theorist. Disillusioned by the cooperation of German intellectuals with the Nazis, she said farewell to philosophy when she fled the country. This book examines Arendt's ideas about thinking, acting and political responsibility, investigating the relationship between the life of the mind and the life of action that preoccupied Arendt throughout her life. By joining in the conversation between Arendt and Gaus, each contributor probes her ideas about thinking and judging and their relation to responsibility, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Series
Rethinking Political and International Theory
Number of Pages
210
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781409403500
SKU
V9781409403500
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About Celermajer, Danielle. Ed(S): Schaap, Andrew; Karalis, Vrasidas
Andrew Schaap is Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter, UK, Danielle Celermajer is Director, Asia Pacific Masters of Human Rights and Democratisation, University of Sydney, Australia and Vrasidas Karalis is Chair of Modern Greek Studies, University of Sydney, Australia
Reviews for Power, Judgment and Political Evil
'When German television viewers tuned in to Günter Gaus's interview with Hannah Arendt in 1964, they got a glimpse of the vibrant animation of her political thought. The eleven essays in this book, inspired by scenes from that interview, bring Arendt's thought to life for us. They give us a vivid feeling for the contexts, intellectual and political, that mattered ... Read more