Arendt, Augustine, and the New Beginning

Download or read book Arendt, Augustine, and the New Beginning written by Stephan Kampowski and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12-08 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A splendid piece of scholarship on a major twentieth-century thinker often overlooked. / This book presents an original scholarly analysis of the work of political theorist Hannah Arendt, focusing on an area hitherto ignored: the ways in which Augustine s thought forms the foundation of Arendt's work. Stephan Kampowski here offers readers a valuable overview of central aspects of Arendt s thought, addressing perennial existential and philosophical questions at the heart of every human being.