{"product_id":"the-human-condition","title":"The Human Condition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1958, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Human Condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Hannah Arendt’s major work of political philosophy, an inquiry into the activities through which human beings inhabit and shape a shared world. Arendt distinguishes between labour, which sustains biological life; work, which builds the durable human-made world; and action, through which individuals reveal themselves to one another in speech and political participation. Drawing on ancient Greek thought while confronting the conditions of modernity, she considers what happens when economic necessity, technological progress and the rise of mass society threaten to eclipse the public realm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the heart of the book is Arendt’s conviction that freedom is not simply an inward state but something realised among people, through plurality, initiative and collective life. Her account of the ancient polis, the modern ascendancy of the social and the changing relationship between contemplation and action has profoundly influenced political theory, philosophy and the humanities. Both a reconsideration of the Western philosophical tradition and a searching reflection on modern existence, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Human Condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e remains one of Arendt’s most enduring explorations of what it means to act, create and belong to a common world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“With word and deed we insert ourselves into the human world, and this insertion is like a second birth.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Hannah Arendt, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Human Condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Human Condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Arendt’s work is a sustained attempt to recover the meaning of political action and the public realm.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Margaret Canovan, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHannah Arendt: A Reinterpretation of Her Political Thought\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64071371424074,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/products\/the-human-condition","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}