About Hannah Arendt
Born: Oct. 14, 1906
Died: Dec. 02, 1975
Hannah Arendt was an influential
German -American political theorist. She was born into a family of
secular German Jews in the city of Linden. In 1941, she escaped with her
husband and her mother to the United States with the assistance of the
American diplomat Hiram Bingham IV.
Arendt's thoughts span the nature of
power, the nature of freedom, and the subjects of politics, authority, and totalitarianism.
Synopsis
Arendt focus on the principles which
underlie all revolutions, starting with the first great examples in
France, America and Russia. She also foresees the changing relationship
between war and revolution and the crucial changes in international
relations, with revolution becoming the key tactic.
作者简介
汉娜·阿伦特（1906—1975）
美籍德国犹太哲学家，曾师从于海德格尔和雅斯贝尔斯，在海德堡大学获得博士学位。自1954年开始，阿伦特先后在美国加利福尼亚大学、普林斯顿大学、哥伦比亚大学、纽约布鲁克林学院开办讲座；她还担任过芝加哥大学教授、社会研究新学院教授。阿伦特以《极权主义的起源》(1951)、《在过去和未来之间》(1961)和《论革命》(1963)为代表的一系列著作，及其天才的洞见和隽永的智慧，为当代政治哲学做出了卓越的贡献，成为二十世纪政治思想史上令人瞩目的人物
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