On Violence
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: pages can have notes and/or underlining in grey lead.
At a moment when student revolts, anti-war protests, and revolutionary movements were convulsing the Western world, Hannah Arendt wrote what would become one of the twentieth century's most penetrating political treatises. On Violence dissects the nature of power, authority, and force with surgical precision, arguing — in direct challenge to thinkers from Marx to Sartre — that violence and power are not the same thing, but are in fact their own opposites: where one reigns absolutely, the other is absent. Arendt grounds her analysis in the turbulent political landscape of the late 1960s, examining the rhetoric of violence deployed by both the radical left and oppressive state structures, and illuminating why the glorification of violence as a tool of political change is not only philosophically mistaken, but ultimately self-defeating. Arendt's prose is characteristically rigorous yet accessible, moving effortlessly between political philosophy, historical precedent, and contemporary urgency. Drawing on her landmark concepts from The Origins of Totalitarianism and The Human Condition, she constructs a framework in which genuine political power rests on collective action and consent, never on coercion. Her engagement with the New Left and her unflinching critique of bureaucratic rule remain as relevant today as when first published, making this slender but formidable volume essential reading for anyone who dares to ask why societies choose force — and what is truly lost when they do.
Author: Hannah Arendt
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Allen Lane The Penguin Press
Genre: Philosophy
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: pages can have notes and/or underlining in grey lead.
At a moment when student revolts, anti-war protests, and revolutionary movements were convulsing the Western world, Hannah Arendt wrote what would become one of the twentieth century's most penetrating political treatises. On Violence dissects the nature of power, authority, and force with surgical precision, arguing — in direct challenge to thinkers from Marx to Sartre — that violence and power are not the same thing, but are in fact their own opposites: where one reigns absolutely, the other is absent. Arendt grounds her analysis in the turbulent political landscape of the late 1960s, examining the rhetoric of violence deployed by both the radical left and oppressive state structures, and illuminating why the glorification of violence as a tool of political change is not only philosophically mistaken, but ultimately self-defeating. Arendt's prose is characteristically rigorous yet accessible, moving effortlessly between political philosophy, historical precedent, and contemporary urgency. Drawing on her landmark concepts from The Origins of Totalitarianism and The Human Condition, she constructs a framework in which genuine political power rests on collective action and consent, never on coercion. Her engagement with the New Left and her unflinching critique of bureaucratic rule remain as relevant today as when first published, making this slender but formidable volume essential reading for anyone who dares to ask why societies choose force — and what is truly lost when they do.