On revolution

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Sinopse

On Revolution is the great political thinker Hannah Arendt's classic exploration of a phenomenon that has radically reshaped the world. Exploring the eighteenth-century rebellions in America and France through to the explosive political upheavals of the twentieth-century, On Revolution is essential reading for anyone seeking to decipher the forces that have shaped our tumultuous age.This edition includes a foreword by David Runciman.'More than any thinker it was Arendt who identified how movements of ideas, racial theories, people and methods . . . ultimately disfigured the twentieth century.' David Olusoga'Enormously erudite, always imaginative, original and full of insights.' Sunday Times

Participantes

Autor: Hannah Arendt

Autor

HANNAH ARENDT

Hannah Arendt nasceu em 1906, em Hannover, Alemanha, de família judia rica e intelectualizada. Ingressou na Universidade de Berlim em 1924 e lá foi aluna de Heidegger e Jaspers, grandes influências em sua vida e obra. Refugiou-se nos Estados Unidos em 1941 e foi professora da New School for Social Research, em Nova York. Morreu em 1975.