The political thought of Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt asserted the power of human beings to be free, which she thought of in terms of the ability of each individual to begin something new – and it is typical of her way of thinking that she identified this freedom with political rather than private action. Her thought in fact constitutes a reassertion of the value of politics against sociological ways of thinking.Canovan sets out to guide the student through Arendt’s complex and provocative writings to a closer appreciation of one of the most important political theorists.