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Book SynopsisInterlacing the life and work of the seminal 20th century philosopher, Hannah Arendt, this biography explores her critique of Saint Augustine and her biographical essay on Rahel Varnhagen. It also accentuates Arendt's commitment to recounting lives and narration and reflects on her perspective on Judaism, anti-Semitism and the "banality of evil."
Trade ReviewThe portrait that emerges is quirky, intentionally subjective, and finely detailed. Kirkus Reviews An elegant, sophisticated biography replete with powerful psychoanalytic insight. Political Theory.Org
Table of ContentsBibliography Notes Female Genius: General Introduction A Biography "So Exposed" Chapter 1: Life as a Narrative Love According to Saint Augustine Chapter 2: Superfluous Humanity The Meaning of an Example: Rahel Varnhagen Chapter 3: Thinking, Willing, and Judging Arendt and Aristotle: A Defense of Narration The Tale of the Twentieth Century To Be Jewish Among the Elements in the Structure The Example of France What Is Modern Anti-Semitism? Imperialism... and Totalitarianism The Banality of Evil Faith and Revolution... in Society, That Sanctified Hearth The "Who" and the Body The Dialogue of the Thinking Ego: The "Split," Melancholy, Tyranny From the Interior Man to the Violence of the Life Process The Taste of the Spectator: Toward a Political Philosophy Judgment: Between Forgiveness and Promise
