{"product_id":"2940169254150","title":"A Macat Analysis of Hannah Arendt's The Human Condition","description":"In her 1958 work \u003ci\u003eThe Human Condition\u003c\/i\u003e, German-born political theorist Hannah Arendt asks two fundamental questions: ¿Under what conditions do politics emerge?¿ and ¿Under what conditions can politics be eliminated?¿ In searching for answers she turns some long-established thinking on its head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Ancient political philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle believed that a life spent thinking was more important than an active life of labor, work, and action. But Arendt argues that political \u003ci\u003eaction\u003c\/i\u003e is every bit as important as political \u003ci\u003ethinking\u003c\/i\u003e. Basing her theories on how human beings actually \u003ci\u003eexperience\u003c\/i\u003e politics, Arendt is at pains to explain her firm belief that it is an important arena for people to \u003ci\u003eact\u003c\/i\u003e in. She also focuses on plurality¿where different ideas and lifestyles can peacefully coexist¿as one of the basic conditions of humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    More than 50 years after its publication \u003ci\u003eThe Human Condition\u003c\/i\u003e is still referenced frequently, and Arendt occupies 24th place in the 2007 \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e list of ¿most cited authors of books in the humanities.¿","brand":"Ella Blasen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100343320816,"sku":"2940169254150","price":13.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169254150_p0.jpg?v=1763676775","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169254150","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}