Hannah arendt: for love of the world, second edition, paperback/elisabeth young-bruehl

This highly acclaimed, prize-winning biography of one of the foremost political philosophers of the twentieth century is here reissued in a trade paperback edition for a new generation of readers.

In a new preface the author offers an account of writings by and about Arendt that have appeared since the books 1982 publication, providing a reassessment of her subjects life and achievement.

Praise for the earlier edition: Both a personal and an intellectual biography .

It represents biography at its best.

--Peter Berger, front page, The New York Times Book Review A story of surprising drama .

At last, we can see Arendt whole.

--Jim Miller, Newsweek Indispensable to anyone interested in the life, the thought, or .

the example of Hannah Arendt.

--Mark Feeney, Boston Globe An adventure story that moves from pre-Nazi Germany to fame in the United States, and .

a study of the influences that shaped a sharp political awareness.

--Richmond (Va.

) Times-Dispatch Cover drawing by David Schorr About the Author: Elisabeth Young-Bruehl , who now practices as a psychoanalyst in New York City, is on the faculty of the Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.