Promise of Politics

In The Promise of Politics, Hannah Arendt examines the conflict between philosophy and politics. In particular, she shows how the tradition of Western political thought, which extends from Plato and Aristotle to its culmination in Marx, failed to account for human action. The concluding section of the book, "Introduction into Politics," examines an issue that is as timely today as it was when Arendt first wrote about it fifty years ago-the modern prejudice against politics. When politics is considered as a means to an end that lies outside of itself, argues Arendt, when force is used to create "freedom," the very existence of political principles is imperiled.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Kuperard (Bravo Ltd)
Published: 06/19/2007
ISBN: 9780805212136
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.30w x 0.52d