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For Hannah Arendt, friendship had political relevance and importance.
The essence of friendship, she believed, consisted in discourse, and
it is only through discourse, she argued, that the world is rendered
humane. This book explores some of the key ideas in Hannah Arendt's
work through a study of four lifelong friendships -- with Heinrich
Blücher, Martin Heidegger, Karl Jaspers and Mary McCarthy. The book
draws on correspondence from both sides, illuminating our
understanding of the social contexts within which Arendt's thinking
developed and was clarified. It offers a cultural history of ideas:
shedding light on two core ideas in Arendt - of 'plurality' and
'promise', and on how those particular ideas emerged through a
particular set of relationships, at a significant moment in the
history of the West. This book offers an original and accessible 'way
in' to Arendt's work for students and scholars of politics,
philosophy, intellectual history and literature.
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ISBN
9781472505101
Publisert
2015
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Bloomsbury Academic
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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