An exploration of the life and political essays of 20th century philosopher, Hannah Arendt. Dana Villa analyses Arendt's pathbreaking studies on totalitarianism, power, evil, and political theory.

Dana Villa is the Packey J. Dee Professor of Political Theory at the University of Notre Dame. He has written a number of books and articles on Hannah Arendt, and has also published on Socrates, Tocqueville, Hegel, Mill, Weber, and the Frankfurt School. His books on Arendt include Arendt (2021), Politics, Philosophy, Terror: Essays on the Thought of Hannah Arendt (1999), and Arendt and Heidegger: The Fate of the Political (1995). Villa has won fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute for Advanced Studies, and the American Council of Learned Societies. He was also Haniel Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin (2002).

• 1: Life and work


• 2: The nature and roots of totalitarianism


• 3: Political freedom, the public realm, and the Vita Activa


• 4: Revolution, constitution, and the 'Social Question'


• 5: Judgement, thinking, and willing


• Further reading


• Index