# Hannah Arendt - Paperback

by **Julia Kristeva** (Author), **Ross Guberman** (Translator)

Twenty-five years after her death, we are still coming to terms with the controversial figure of Hannah Arendt. Interlacing the life and work of this seminal twentieth-century philosopher, Julia Kristeva provides us with an elegant, sophisticated biography brimming with historical and philosophical insight.

Centering on the theme of female genius, _Hannah Arendt_ emphasizes three features of the philosopher's work. First, by exploring Arendt's critique of Saint Augustine and her biographical essay on Rahel Varnhagen, Kristeva accentuates Arendt's commitment to recounting lives and narration. Second, Kristeva reflects on Arendt's perspective on

Judaism, anti-Semitism, and the "banality of evil." Finally, the biography assesses Arendt's intellectual journey, placing her enthusiasm for observing both social phenomena and political events in the context of her personal life.

Drawing on fragments of Arendt's most intimate correspondence with her longtime lover Martin Heidegger and her husband Heinrich Blucher, excerpts from her mother's "Unser Kind" (a diary tracking Hannah's formative years), and passages from Arendt's philosophical writings, Kristeva presents a luminous story. With a thorough thematic index and bibliographical references, _Hannah Arendt_ is a major breakthrough in the understanding of an essential thinker.

### Author Biography

Julia Kristeva is an internationally known psychoanalyst and critic and is professor of linguistics at the University of Paris VII. She is the co-author of _The Feminine and the Sacred_, and author of many other highly regarded books, including _Melanie Klein_, _Strangers to Ourselves_, _New Maladies of the Soul_, _Time and Sense_, and _The Sense and Non-Sense of Revolt_ all published by Columbia.Ross Guberman is the translator of Julia Kristeva's _New Maladies of theSoul_ and _Time and Sense_, and editor of _Julia Kristeva Interviews_.

**Number of Pages:** 320

**Dimensions:** 0.81 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** July 02, 2003

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