★ A collection of Arendt’s television interviews and selected letters to Jaspers translated into Chinese. It is a standard reading of “Eichmann in Jerusalem” and “The Origin of Totalitarianism” and includes several interviews that Arendt herself considered very important.
★She has caused ideological controversy for half a century. She is a great woman who has faced malice and attacks head-on.
★Today, why should we read Arendt?
★ directly hits the pain points of contemporary society and arouses deep resonance among contemporary people.
★ Insight into banal evil, political lies, and violence of public opinion; talk about love and freedom, nation and assimilation, work and consumption.
★Four in-depth talks and four thought storms comprehensively presented the picture of Arendt’s thought.
About love, freedom and thinking; about evil; about Jews and the Holocaust; about the Eichmann controversy; about totalitarianism and national security; about immigration and assimilation; about politics and philosophy...
"I have never 'loved' More than any nation or group. "
"Evil has no depth and no magic. It grows on the surface like a fungus and can destroy the entire world. "
"This is the basic characteristic of totalitarianism: man against man. "Complete Dominance."
★ is a personal correspondence spanning nearly forty years, a record of half a lifetime, telling the story of Arendt's family, love, and career.
About parents and childhood; about husband and companionship; about friendship and travel; about illness, car accidents, aging and death; about the violence of public opinion; about Jaspers, Heidegger, Benjamin, Weber, Nietzsche, Bloch, Kant, Augustine...
"Those who supported me sent private letters - they dared not make them public anymore. Anyone who dared to speak was immediately attacked by a well-organized mob. After all, everyone believed what everyone believed stuff."
"One of the great benefits of getting older is that one finally gains the right to conform. It is with great pleasure that I introduce my gray hair to the young."
★A copy of Arendt's thinking. Map, extract the key words of Arendt’s life: love, freedom and politics.
★The binding is carefully created by Zhou Weiwei, a well-known designer who has repeatedly won the award of "China's most beautiful book". The cover is made of collage of Arendt's precious manuscripts and is made of hand-rubbed paper, giving people a retro experience and a gentle touch.
[Book Introduction]
Hannah Arendt is a political thinker who stands at the forefront of public opinion. She criticizes totalitarianism, reflects on modern society, and thinks about anti-Semitism. Her concept of "banality of evil" sparked half a century of debate. To this day, people misunderstand Arendt more than they know it.
This book brings together several television interviews that Arendt considered particularly important, excerpts of letters she wrote to the Jaspers and his wife, etc. These texts truly present Arendt’s life and thoughts. Here we hear a woman's sincere conversation and powerful self-defense, about love, passion and confusion, about illness, car accidents and aging, about politics and freedom, and about the atrocities and horrors in the history of the 20th century. Here, Arendt is a wise man who can face malice and criticism and talk about death calmly. Today, her voice travels through time and resonates with each of us.
[About the author]
Hannah Arendt, thinker and political theorist, studied under Heidegger and Jaspers, received a doctorate from Heidelberg University, served as a professor at the University of Chicago, and a member of the New York Society Research New School Professor. His representative works include "Eichmann in Jerusalem", "The Origin of Totalitarianism", "The Human Condition", etc.
[Editor's introduction]
Ursula Ludz, scholar, editor, and translator of Arendt's works, has made great contributions to international academic research on Arendt.
[Translator’s introduction]
Gao Yuan, PhD in German Literature from Zhejiang University, is a teacher at Zhejiang University.
