Hannah Arendt: A Critical Introduction - Brossura

Bowring, Finn

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ISBN 10: 0745331416 ISBN 13: 9780745331416

Casa editrice: Pluto Press, 2011

Riassunto

Hannah Arendt is one of the most famous political theorists of the twentieth century, yet in the social sciences her work has rarely been given the attention it deserves. This careful and comprehensive study introduces Arendt to a wider audience.

Finn Bowring shows how Arendt's writings have engaged with and influenced prominent figures in the sociological canon, and how her ideas may shed light on some of the most pressing social and political problems of today. He explores her critique of Marx, her relationship to Weber, the influence of her work on Habermas and the parallels and discrepancies between her and Foucault. This is a clearly written and scholarly text which surveys the leading debates over Arendt’s work, including discussions of totalitarianism, the public sphere and the nature of political responsibility.
This book will bring new perspectives to students and lecturers in sociology and politics.

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Recensione:

Hannah Arendt: A Critical Introduction presents an original and highly developed perspective on the influence of Arendt's thinking on the social sciences, just as scholars in a number of related disciplines are beginning to rethink the relevance of Arendt's work beyond political theory. (Dimitris Papadopoulos, Reader in Sociology and Organisation at the University of Leicester and co-author of Escape Routes (Pluto, 2008))

An excellent, accessible and readable introduction to Arendt's political theory, taking the reader on a fast but well structured journey through Arendt's most important contributions to debates about modernity, culture, violence and the state. This book does much to recover the work of a thinker who is often unjustly neglected in the contemporary canon. (Dr Wallace McNeish, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Abertay)

L'autore:

Finn Bowring is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. He is the author ofAndré Gorz and the Sartrean Legacy (2000) and Science, Seeds and Cyborgs: Biotechnology and the Appropriation of Life (2003). His writing has also appeared in numerous scholarly journals, such asNew Left Review, Telos, Radical Philosophy, Sociology,Capital and Class, Social Science and Medicine, Sociological Review,Anarchist Studies, and Critical Social Policy.

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• Editore: Pluto Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0745331416
• ISBN 13: 9780745331416
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 312