Arendt and America

• Verfasst von: King, Richard H. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Arendt and America
• Verf.angabe: Richard H. King
• Verlagsort: Chicago ; London
• Verlag: University of Chicago Press
• Jahr: 2015
• Umfang: vii, 412 Seiten
• Fussnoten: Literaturangaben. - Index
• ISBN: 978-0-226-31149-4
• ISBN: 0-226-31149-X
• DOI: doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226311524.001.0001
• Schlagwörter: (p)Arendt, Hannah / (g)USA / (z)Geschichte 1900-
• Schlagwörter: (p)Arendt, Hannah / (g)USA / (z)Geschichte 1941-1971
• Dokumenttyp: Biografie
• Sprache: eng
• RVK-Notation: CI 6373
• K10plus-PPN: 1617192759

Abstract

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