Marie Dupont: Thinking with Passion, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Blurb

This book is a passionate approach to Hannah Arendt's thinking - and at the same time an attempt to extend her political philosophy from history into the present. Hannah Arendt is one of the few thinkers of the 20th century whose concepts, analyses and warnings have lost none of their sharpness. On the contrary: in an age of political polarisation, emotionalised public discourse and growing contempt for truth and responsibility, her insights seem disturbingly relevant. Starting with Arendt's biography and intellectual development, this book unfolds her work as a coherent intellectual edifice: from the origins of totalitarian rule to her analysis of power, violence and public discourse, to her understanding of freedom, judgement and political responsibility. Arendt is not treated as a museum piece, but as a lively, combative thinker whose thinking deliberately eludes any ideological appropriation. The intellectual arc culminates in an analysis of our present. Without trivialising Hannah Arendt or reducing her to day-to-day politics, the book shows why her concepts in particular help us to understand the rise of authoritarian movements and the erosion of democratic self-evident truths. Arendt's reflections on the 'banality of evil,' the role of lies in politics, and the threat to the public sphere prove to be surprisingly precise tools for diagnosing modern democracies under stress. Bremen University Press has published over 5, 500 specialist books in various languages since 2005. December 2025