Description
Book SynopsisArtifacts of Thinking is a collection of essays exploring a combination of the intellectual concerns and thoughts of Hannah Arendt’s Denktagebuch, and the methodological questions of how to treat unpublished writings and engaging with the private intellectual life of a highly public figure.
Trade Review"Artifacts of Thinking contributes new and important work to scholarship on Hannah Arendt's thinking. The essays included in the volume take up familiar topics in Arendt's thought but informed by her private 'thought diary' take up these topics in unusual and provocative ways. The book also introduces German scholars of Arendt to English-only readers of Arendt and the inclusion of their voices in the conversion opens up exciting horizons for research and study." -- -Jennifer Culbert Johns Hopkins University
Table of Contents1. Introduction Ian Storey 2. Reconciling Oneself with Reality, Whatever It May Be Roger Berkowitz 3. On the Truth-and-Politics Section in Hannah Arendt's Denktagebuch Ursula Ludz 4. On the Relationship Between Modes of Writing and Judgment: Hannah Arendt's Denktagebuch and Her Reflections on History Thomas Wild 5. Thinking in Metaphors Wout Cornelissen 6. The Task of Knowledgeable Love: Arendt and Portmann in Search of Meaning Anne O'Byrne 7. Vita Passiva: Love in Arendt's Denktagebuch Tatjana Noemi Tommel 8. America as Exemplar: The Denktagebuch of 1951 Tracy Strong 9. Poetry or the Body Politic Jeffrey Champlin 10. Facing the End: The Work of Thinking in the Late Denktagebuch Ian Storey Acknowledgments Notes List of Contributors Index
