Hannah Arendt A Reinterpretation of her Political Thought [Paperback]

A reinterpretation of the political thought of Hannah Arendt, strengthening Arendt's claim to be regarded as one of the most significant political thinkers of the twentieth century.Arguing that much of the published work on Arendt has been flawed by serious misunderstanding, this text offers a fundamental reinterpretation, drawing on her unpublished as well as published work, which sheds new light on most areas of her thought.Arguing that much of the published work on Arendt has been flawed by serious misunderstanding, this text offers a fundamental reinterpretation, drawing on her unpublished as well as published work, which sheds new light on most areas of her thought.Margaret Canovan argues in this book that much of the published work on Arendt has been flawed by serious misunderstandings, arising from a failure to see her work in its proper context. The author shows how such misunderstanding was possible, and offers a fundamental reinterpretation, drawing on Arendt's unpublished as well as her published work, which sheds new light on most areas of her thought.1. Introduction; 2. The Origins of Totalitarianism; 3. 'Totalitarian Elements in Marxism'; 4. The Human Condition; 5. Morals and politics in a post-totalitarian age; 6. A new republicanism; 7. Philosophy and politics; 8. Conclusion. Here at last is a clear and accessible, appreciative but not uncritical, account of the whole range of Hannah Arendt's thinking. For once the wood is not lost in the trees. Her status as one of the major thinkers of this century emerges beyond doubt. Bernard Crick Margaret Canovan has written an extraordinarily good book about Hannah Arendt's political thought--the best and most comprehensive work yet written on the subject....it should become the benchmark; no one working on Arendt in the future will be able to ignore Canovan's interpretations. Suzanne Duvall Jacobitti, Times Higher Education Supplement Margaret Canovan...gives us a beautifully composed and mature accl£1