Villa Dana Richard. (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Hannah Arendt

Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. — 324 p. — (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) — ISBN: 0-521-64571-9Hannah Arendt was one of the foremost political thinkers of the twentieth century, and her particular interests have made her one of the most frequently cited thinkers of our time. This volume examines the primary themes of her multi-faceted work, from her theory of totalitarianism and her controversial idea of the "banality of evil" to her classic studies of political action and her final reflections on judgment and the life of the mind. Each essay examines the political, philosophical, and historical concerns that shaped Arendt's thought.Introduction: the development of Arendt's political thought / Dana Villa
Arendt's theory of totalitarianism: a reassessment / Margaret Canovan
Arendt and nationalism / Ronald Beiner
Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem / Seyla Benhabib
Arendt and the Holocaust / Mary G. Dietz
Freedom: the priority of the political / Jerome Kohn
Political action: its nature and advantages / George Kateb
Arendt's Hellenism / J. Peter Euben
Athens and Rome / Jacques Taminiaux
Equality and elitism in Arendt / Hauke Brunkhorst
Arendt's constitutional politics / Jeremy Waldron
Arendt on revolution / Albrecht Wellmer
Arendt's theory of judgment / Maurizio Passerin D'Entrèves
Arendt on philosophy and politics / Frederick M. Dolan
Arendt on thinking / Richard J. Bernstein