The Human Condition
1958 philosophy book by Hannah Arendt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Human condition and Human condition (disambiguation).
The Human Condition,[1] first published in 1958, is Hannah Arendt's account of how "human activities" should be and have been understood throughout Western history. Arendt is interested in the vita activa (active life) as contrasted with the vita contemplativa (contemplative life) and concerned that the debate over the relative status of the two has blinded us to important insights about the vita activa and the way in which it has changed since ancient times. She distinguishes three sorts of activity (labor, work, and action) and discusses how they have been affected by changes in Western history.
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Author | Hannah Arendt |
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Country | United States |
Subject | Political theory |
Published | 1958 |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
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