Violence and Power in the Thought of Hannah Arendt

Caroline Ashcroft

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2021

Violence and Power in the Thought of Hannah Arendt

Caroline Ashcroft

In the series Intellectual History of the Modern Age

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812297942

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Hannah Arendt was one of the foremost theorists of the twentieth century to wrestle with the role of violence in public life. In Violence and Power in the Thought of Hannah Arendt, Caroline Ashcroft argues that what Arendt opposes in political violence is the use of force to determine politics, an idea central to modern sovereignty.

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Caroline Ashcroft teaches in the School of History at Queen Mary University of London.

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Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. The Modern State and Its Problems Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Chapter 2. The Jewish Army and the Reconstruction of a People Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Chapter 3. The Polis and the Res Publica Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
Chapter 4. Revolutionary Politics and the Unleashing of the Social Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Chapter 5. Political Violence in Modernity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Chapter 6. A Politics of Nonviolence? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Chapter 7. A Space for the Political Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 320
Keywords: Political Science; Philosophy; Public Policy

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Published: May 7, 2021
ISBN: 9780812297942