Hannah Arendt: Thought, Persuasion, and Power

Revised and expanded edition of Celso Lafer's renowned book on the life and thought of Hannah Arendt. This new edition of Hannah Arendt: Thought, Persuasion, and Power brings together 19 articles in which intellectual Celso Lafer discusses central themes in the German thinker's work, such as the combination of power and action, their decoupling from violence, and the freedom embedded in citizenship itself, such as the right to have rights. The author also highlights points of contact between Arendt's thought and that of other great intellectuals, such as Isaiah Berlin, Karl Jaspers, Martin Heidegger, Octavio Paz, and Norberto Bobbio. He also presents the thoughts of other celebrated biographers and readers of Arendt, including Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, Julia Kristeva, and Margarethe von Trotta. In short, Celso Lafer gently introduces us to Hannah Arendt, the woman and the thinker, confirming the importance of keeping her thought and legacy alive among us.