On Revolution
by Arendt, Hannah; Schell, JonathanFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-09-26
Publisher(s): Penguin Classics
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Summary
Tracing the gradual evolution of revolutions, Arendt predicts the changing relationship between war and revolution and the crucial role such combustive movements will play in the future of international relations.She looks at the principles which underlie all revolutions, starting with the first great examples in America and France, and showing how both the theory and practice of revolution have since developed. Finally, she foresees the changing relationship between war and revolution and the crucial changes in international relations, with revolution becoming the key tactic.
Author Biography
Hannah Arendt (1906-รป1975) came to the U.S. as a refugee from the Nazis in 1940. The Portable Hannah Arendt (Penguin Classics) collects substantial excerpts from her political writings.
Amos Elon, a frequent essayist, lecturer, and critic, is well known for his articles in the New Yorker and New York Review of Books.
Jerome Kohn is the director of the Hannah Arendt Center at the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research.
Jonathan Schell is the Harold Willens Peace Fellow at the Nation Institute.
Amos Elon, a frequent essayist, lecturer, and critic, is well known for his articles in the New Yorker and New York Review of Books.
Jerome Kohn is the director of the Hannah Arendt Center at the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research.
Jonathan Schell is the Harold Willens Peace Fellow at the Nation Institute.
Table of Contents
| Introduction by Jonathan Schell | xi | ||
| Introduction: War and Revolution | 1 | (10) | |
| 1. The Meaning of Revolution | 11 | (38) | |
| 2. The Social Question | 49 | (57) | |
| 3. The Pursuit of Happiness | 106 | (26) | |
| 4. Foundation I: Constitutio Libertatis | 132 | (39) | |
| 5. Foundation II: Novus Ordo Saeclorum | 171 | (36) | |
| 6. The Revolutionary Tradition and Its Lost Treasure | 207 | (67) | |
| Notes | 274 | (43) | |
| Bibliography | 317 | (8) | |
| Index | 325 |
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