Synopses & Reviews
Tracing the gradual evolution of revolutions since the American and French examples, Arendt predicts the changing relationship between war and revolution and the crucial role such combustive movements will play in the future of international relations.
About the Author
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Hannah Arendt (1906 &1975) 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.'