{"product_id":"hannah-arendt-a-life-in-dark-times-9781504073387","title":"Hannah Arendt: A Life in Dark Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe acclaimed biographer presents \"a perceptive life of the controversial political philosopher\" and author of \u003cem\u003eEichmann in Jerusalem\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHannah Arendt was a polarizing cultural theorist-extolled by her peers as a visionary and berated by her critics as a poseur and a fraud. Born in Prussia to assimilated Jewish parents, she escaped from Hitler's Germany in 1933. Arendt is now best remembered for the storm of controversy that surrounded her 1963 \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e series on the trial of Adolf Eichmann, a kidnapped Nazi war criminal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArendt's first book, \u003cem\u003eThe Origins of Totalitarianism\u003c\/em\u003e, single-handedly altered the way generations around the world viewed fascism and genocide. Her most famous work, \u003cem\u003eEichmann in Jerusalem\u003c\/em\u003e, created fierce debate that continues to this day, exacerbated by the posthumous discovery that she had been the lover of the philosopher and Nazi sympathizer Martin Heidegger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this comprehensive biography, Anne C. Heller tracks the source of Arendt's contradictions and achievements to her sense of being a \"conscious pariah\"-one of those rare people who doesn't \"lose confidence in ourselves if society does not approve us\" and will not \"pay any price\" to gain the acceptance of others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504073387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.32d","brand":"Anne C. Heller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41614502101173,"sku":"9781504073387","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f99e878f-ae13-4214-9db7-623b6a6be80d.jpg?v=1644901711","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hannah-arendt-a-life-in-dark-times-9781504073387","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}