Arendt: A Guide for the Perplexed

by Fry, Karin A.

• ISBN13: 9780826499868
• ISBN10: 0826499864
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-09
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to Arendt's key ideas and texts, ideal for students coming to her work for the first time.

Author Biography

Karin A. Fry is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, USA.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Totalitarianism and the Banality of Evil	p. 9
Antisemitism and Imperialism	p. 11
Totalitarianism	p. 16
Totalitarianism, Nature and History	p. 22
The Banality of Evil	p. 27
Philosophical Thought and the Human Condition	p. 34
Philosophy and Politics	p. 35
The Vita Activa	p. 41
Modern Alienation and the Social	p. 49
Freedom and Practical Politics	p. 58
Freedom	p. 59
Power and Violence	p. 64
Foundation, Authority and Tradition	p. 68
Arendt and Practical Politics	p. 73
The Life of the Mind and Political Judgment	p. 80
Thinking and Politics	p. 81
Willing and the Philosophical Tradition	p. 87
Political Judgment	p. 93
Arendt's Critics	p. 105
The Social	p. 106
Morality	p. 109
Elitism	p. 112
Heidegger	p. 114
Little Rock and American Race Issues	p. 120
Feminism	p. 124
Jewish Thought	p. 127
Notes	p. 138
Bibliography	p. 150
Index	p. 153
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