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New York. 1961. Viking Books. 1st American Edition. Previous Owner s Name Penned On Front Endpaper Under Dustjacket Flap, Otherwise Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 246 pages. hardcover. keywords: Philosophy Politics. DESCRIPTION - Between Past and Future is book written by German philosopher Hannah Arendt. It was published for the first time in 1961 by The Viking Press in the United States and by Faber and Faber in Great Britain. The first edition consisted of six essays, and two more were added to a 1968 revision. The book is a collection of various essays written between 1954 and 1968. The final version of the book includes essays dealing with different philosophical subjects including freedom, education, authority, tradition, history and politics.[1] The subtitle of the final version is Eight exercises in political thought. All of the essays share a central idea. Humans are living between the past and the uncertain future. They must permanently think to exist, and each man is required to learn thinking. For a long time humans have resorted to tradition, but in modern times, this tradition has been abandoned, there is no more respect for tradition and culture. With her essays, Hannah Arendt tries to find solutions to help humans think again today. According to her, there is no way to live again with tradition, and modern philosophy has not succeeded in helping humans to live correctly.[ A book to think with through political impasses and cultural confusions of our day. [Arendt] writes with deeply moving personal urgency about politics in its classic signification.' - Alfred Kazin, Harper's Magazine. For those seeking to understand our times Hannah Arendt has become a guide and an inspiration. Her penetrating observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, constitute a major contribution to political philosophy. In BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE Arendt describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional keywords of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, glory. Then, through a series of eight exercises, she shows how we can redistill once more the vital essence of these traditional concepts and use them to appraise our present position and regain a frame of reference for the future. To participate in these exercises is to associate, in action, with one of the most original and fruitful minds of our time. Arendt. has an extraordinary talent for giving fresh meanings to everyday experiences and for revealing the staleness and fatuity of much that passes for novelty and innovation.' - Foreign Affairs. inventory #42967 Previous Owner s Name Penned On Front Endpaper Under Dustjacket Flap, Otherwise Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket.
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