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Six Exercises in Political Thought

by 'HANNAH ARENDT

For those seeking to understand our

times Hannah Arendt has become a

guide and an inspiration. Her pene-

trating observations of the modern

world, based on a profound knowledge

of the past, constitute a major con-

tribution to political philosophy.

In this volume she describes the

crisis, or rather series of crises, that we

face as a result of the breakdown of

tradition. That tradition, our heritage

from Rome, no longer relieves us of

the necessity of thought by supplying

usable, ready-made answers. It has

ceased to bridge the gap between past

and future. And so this gap, once

visible only to those few who made

thinking their business, has become a

tangible reality and perplexity to us

all. It has indeed become a pressing

and inescapable fact of politics.

The modern world has not been

trained for the task of re-examining its

basic words and concepts. Funda-

(Continued on the back flap)

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BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE

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