Hannah Arendt: For Love of the World
by Elisabeth Young-Bruehl
On This Page
Description
"This biography of one of the foremost political philosophers of the twentieth century is here reissued in a trade paperback edition for a new generation of readers. In a new Preface the author offers an account of writings by and about Arendt that have appeared since the book's 1982 publication, providing a reassessment of her subject's life and achievement."--Book jacket.Tags
Recommendations
Member Recommendations
JuliaMaria Die Biografie von Rahel Varnhagen enthält viele autobiografische Züge von Hannah Arendt wie die Biografie von Elisabeth Young-Bruehl (u.a.) aufzeigt.
Member Reviews
Members
- Recently Added By
Lists
Best Biographies
216 works; 24 members
Best Biographies of Notable Women
424 works; 102 members
In Our Time books
4,934 works; 2 members
Author Information
19+ Works 875 Members
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl was born in Elkton, Maryland on March 3, 1946. She received bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in philosophy from the New School for Social Research in New York. She later trained as a psychoanalyst. She taught for many years at Wesleyan University and Haverford College. She wrote numerous books including Hannah show more Arendt: For Love of the World, Anna Freud: A Biography, Mind and the Body Politic, Why Arendt Matters, The Anatomy of Prejudices, and Childism: Confronting Prejudice Against Children. She died of pulmonary embolism on December 1, 2011 at the age of 65. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Awards and Honors
Awards
Series
Belongs to Publisher Series
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1982
- People/Characters
- Hannah Arendt; Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976; Walter Benjamin
- Disambiguation notice
- The author of this book is Elizabeth Young-Bruehl, not Elizabeth Young.
Classifications
- Genres
- Biography & Memoir, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Politics and Government, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 320.5092 — Society, government, & culture Political science Types of Government Political ideologies Political ideologies Biography And History Biography
- LCC
- JC251 .A74 .Y68 — Political Science Political theory Political theory. The state. Theories of the state Modern state
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 325
- Popularity
- 98,682
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (4.11)
- Languages
- 8 — Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish, Turkish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 22
- ASINs
- 4
