Hannah Arendt and the Jewish Question

by Richard J. Bernstein

Book Overview

Hannah Arendt (1906 1975) was one of the most original and interesting political thinkers of the twentieth century. In this new interpretation of her career, philosopher Richard Bernstein situates Arendt historically as an engaged Jewish intellectual and explores the range of her thinking from the perspective of her continuing confrontation with the Jewish question. Bernstein argues that many themes that emerged in the course of Arendt's attempts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262024063
• ISBN13: 9780262024068
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"