Between Past and Future, Hannah Arendt
Between Past and Future, Hannah Arendt
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Between Past and Future
Eight Exercises in Political Thought

Author: Hannah Arendt

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Unabridged: 11 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/19/2017

Synopsis

Hannah Arendt’s insightful observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, constitute an impassioned contribution to political philosophy. In Between Past and Future Arendt describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, she shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future. To participate in these exercises is to associate, in action, with one of the most original and fruitful minds of the twentieth century.

About Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) was born in Hanover, Germany, fled to Paris in 1933, and came to the United States after the outbreak of World War II. She was editorial director of Schocken Books from 1946 to 1948. She taught at Berkeley, Princeton, the University of Chicago, and the New School for Social Research.

About Bernadette Dunne

Bernadette Dunne is the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and has twice been nominated for the prestigious Audie Award. She studied at the Royal National Theatre in London and the Studio Theater in Washington, DC, and has appeared at the Kennedy Center and off Broadway.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark

[Preface:] Arendt introduces her rationale for the title using a parable from Kafka, a brilliant thought-problem in which "he" has two antagonists; one, the origin, pushes from behind and the other blocks the road ahead. [1. Tradition and the Modern Age:] Arendt reviews in triptych form three 19th C......more

Goodreads review by Joseph

I am simply impressed by Arendt. I don't her so much to be critical as to simply get immersed in her thinking and this book is almost written a little for that purpose. It is not at all a book where she revels in her own brilliance but it is a book where she is testing her thinking which is suppose......more

Goodreads review by Sebastian

I forgot I finished this book. It was great. I love Hannah Arendt (if I were alive in her time, I would definitely ask her out on a date, but that's beside the point, she clearly was a genius) and this is a rather approachable book given the topics and her complexity of thought. I especially liked her......more

Goodreads review by haetmonger

pretty great read, i must say. it's mostly stuff that has been covered elsewhere in her work, but this one covers different facets of her theory in 30- to 50-page-long essays, so i'd agree that it's probably her most approachable book. as with most of her work, a lot of this book takes the form of a......more

Goodreads review by maï-ly

lu en français mais je préfère cette couverture 😘......more

Quotes

“A book to think with through the political impasses and cultural confusions of our day.” Harper’s Magazine

“Arendt…has an extraordinary talent for giving fresh meanings to everyday experiences and for revealing the staleness and fatuity of much that passes for novelty and innovation.” Foreign Affairs

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