{"product_id":"book-g1xs","title":"Hannah Arendt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe acclaimed biographer presents “a perceptive life of the controversial political philosopher” and author of \u003cem\u003eEichmann in Jerusalem\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHannah Arendt was a polarizing cultural theorist—extolled by her peers as a visionary and berated by her critics as a poseur and a fraud. Born in Prussia to assimilated Jewish parents, she escaped from Hitler’s Germany in 1933. Arendt is now best remembered for the storm of controversy that surrounded her 1963 \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e series on the trial of Adolf Eichmann, a kidnapped Nazi war criminal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArendt’s first book, \u003cem\u003eThe Origins of Totalitarianism\u003c\/em\u003e, single-handedly altered the way generations around the world viewed fascism and genocide. Her most famous work, \u003cem\u003eEichmann in Jerusalem\u003c\/em\u003e, created fierce debate that continues to this day, exacerbated by the posthumous discovery that she had been the lover of the philosopher and Nazi sympathizer Martin Heidegger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this comprehensive biography, Anne C. Heller tracks the source of Arendt’s contradictions and achievements to her sense of being a “conscious pariah”—one of those rare people who doesn’t “lose confidence in ourselves if society does not approve us” and will not “pay any price” to gain the acceptance of others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49291057627440,"sku":"BDg1xs","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49291057660208,"sku":"ZEg1xs","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49291057692976,"sku":"ZMg1xs","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/326734-g1xs-Square.jpg?v=1732799111","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-g1xs","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}