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Arendt and America
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Title
Arendt and America / Richard H. King.
ISBN
9780226311494
022631149X
9780226311524
Publication
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Copyright Notice Date
©2015
Physical Description
vii, 412 pages ; 24 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 08, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Hannah Arendt's world
Guilt and responsibility
The origins of totalitarianism in America
Rediscovering the world
Arendt, Tocqueville, and Cold War America
Arendt, Riesman, and America as mass society
Arendt and postwar American thought
Reflections/refractions of race, 1945-1955
Arendt, the schools, and civil rights
The Eichmann case
Against the liberal grain
The revolutionary traditions
The crises of Arendt's republic
Conclusion: once more: the film, Eichmann, and evil.
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