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The Attack of the Blob: Hannah Arendt's Concept of the Social

The Attack of the Blob: Hannah Arendt's Concept of the Social

Pitkin, Hanna Fenichel

Paperback

Series: Hannah Arendt's Concept of the Social

PhilosophyGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0226669912
ISBN13: 9780226669915
Publisher: Univ Of Chicago Pr
Published: Dec 1 2000
Pages: 374
Weight: 1.21
Height: 0.83 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The European intellectual Hannah Arendt worried about the tendency of social structures to take on a life of their own and paralyze individual action. Pitkin . . . is determined to trace our problems to the actions of individuals. This book is thus a battle of wits. . . . [A] vivid sketch of the conflict between two basic outlooks.-Library Journal

[O]ne leaves this book feeling enriched and challenged. Pitkin prompts us to rethink our understanding of Arendt and to demythologize the pervasive sense of political helplessness Arendt herself sought so hard to articulate. . . . [A] cause for celebration.-Peter Baehr, Times Literary Supplement

[Arendt] is certainly among the most original and outstanding political theorists of the twentieth century. . . . It is difficult to imagine a hostile critic examining more effectively than Pitkin . . . Arendt's concept of the social, for hostility would inhibit the acquisition of the mastery of Arendt's texts that Pitkin displays at every turn.-Peter Berkowitz, New Republic

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