{"product_id":"9780253112262","title":"Hannah Arendt and Human Rights: The Predicament of Common Responsibility","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Peg Birmingham's reading of Arendt's work is absolutely unique. She\u003cbr\u003e seeks nothing less than an ontological foundation of the political, and in\u003cbr\u003e particular, the notion of human rights.\" -- Bernard Flynn, The New School for\u003cbr\u003e Social Research\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHannah Arendt's most important contribution to\u003cbr\u003e political thought may be her well-known and often-cited notion of the \"right to\u003cbr\u003e have rights.\" In this incisive and wide-ranging book, Peg Birmingham explores\u003cbr\u003e the theoretical and social foundations of Arendt's philosophy on human rights.\u003cbr\u003e Devoting special consideration to questions and issues surrounding Arendt's ideas of\u003cbr\u003e common humanity, human responsibility, and natality, Birmingham formulates a more\u003cbr\u003e complex view of how these basic concepts support Arendt's theory of human rights.\u003cbr\u003e Birmingham considers Arendt's key philosophical works along with her literary\u003cbr\u003e writings, especially those on Walter Benjamin and Franz Kafka, to reveal the extent\u003cbr\u003e of Arendt's commitment to humanity even as violence, horror, and pessimism overtook\u003cbr\u003e Europe during World War II and its aftermath. This current and lively book makes a\u003cbr\u003e significant contribution to philosophy, political science, and European intellectual\u003cbr\u003e history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067817083120,"sku":"9780253112262","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253112262_p0.jpg?v=1763681301","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253112262","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}