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  <title><![CDATA[The Human Condition]]></title>
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  <default_description> In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems Arendt identified then&amp;#8212;diminishing human agency and political freedom, the paradox that as human powers increase through technological and humanistic inquiry, we are less equipped to control the consequences of our actions&amp;#8212;continue to confront us today.  A classic in political and social theory, &lt;i&gt;The Human Condition&lt;/i&gt; is a work that has proved both timeless and perpetually timely.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was one of the leading social theorists in the United States. Her &lt;i&gt;Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Love and Saint Augustine&lt;/i&gt; are also published by the University of Chicago Press.&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1958</original_publication_year>
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    <body><![CDATA[If I could recommend one work of philosophy, I'd turn to this magnificent book. And of the many interesting and influential philosophical texts from the 20th Century, this one is the most important of them all as it critically and sympathetically addresses our age, our problems and our fears. <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39094207">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a difficult read, although initially more frightening than it ends up actually being.  Arendt's intellect is intimidating to say the least, and the manner in which she launches into a discussion of the human condition in the modern age is altogether unlike anything I've ever seen before -- &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72072589">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Arendt is sometimes frustrating because she has read everything.  In this incredible work, she weaves together history, politics, and philosophy from Ancient Greece to contemporary America to construct a theory, not on human nature, but rather what humans are capable of doing.  The book develops fiv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28005779">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[a phenomenological account of how we can break free of fatalism and death, which requires her to make many warnings about modern society and technology.<br/><br/>the greeks are a foil to modern society - they have a conception of the individual that is so thoroughly wrapped in the political that a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8049046">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[What makes us who we are?  How do we get what we need?  What do we do to make the world we want?  <br/><br/>Hannah Arendt considers such questions, and many others, to make theoretical distinctions among aspects of human life.  This very political book first makes a difference between an active li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2543183">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73817384">
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Being seen and being heard by others derive their significance from the fact that everybody sees and hears from a different position.  This is the meaning of public life, compared to which even the riches and most satisfying family life can offer only the prolongation or multiplication of one'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73817384">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71027964">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have this book to read in the event that I feel like I actually know something. I think I have spent more time on commentaries than the actual book, however I find Arendt nothing but hopeful and incredible. Whenever other philosophers and thinkers bring you down, Arendt comes along and sees 'birth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71027964">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3157803">
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    <body><![CDATA[pater m.a.w. brouwer ofm. menyarankan buku ini bagi yang ingin mendalami bagaimana gagasan &quot;publik/privat&quot; itu berkembang dari peradaban gerika ke latin/romawi.<br/>ternyata, tidak hanya itu. <br/>buku ini lebih kaya dari pada sekadar penjelasan mengenai kedua kategori penting tadi, tapi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3157803">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47736847">
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Arendt describes 3 different modes of existence characterized by the types of work, labor or action one engages in.<br/><br/>That doesn't sound exciting, but this book is pretty amazing and will certainly mess you all up inside.]]></body>
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    <review id="56528069">
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow... what a book. Meticulous voyage through Western Society from the Ancient Greeks through the Modern Era. Considered a classic by most hip-left-leaning-philosophy departments.]]></body>
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    <review id="47539506">
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    <body><![CDATA[love this. redefines and reinscribes the realm of politics not as a means to an end, but as an end in itself. LOVE arendt. ]]></body>
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    <review id="46098024">
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I'm not yet finished reading this book, I have thought, at the end of the day, I will acquired insight of human condition, though very universalistic, in the modern age. From pre-Socratic to late 20th century, Arendt led me into the very contemporary content not only in her time but also <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/280111.Holy_Bible" title="Holy Bible by Various">in our time</a>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46098024">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Scott]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Arendt provides a meta-social analysis of human life in terms of the public sphere as opposing the private sphere.  She uses as her content, the Ancient Greek polis.  In the private sphere necessity mandates the use of force and coercion to impose one's will, but only as necessary.  In the public sp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27586008">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So dense. So dry. So ... whatever.]]></body>
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    <review id="42117794">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Those frustrated with democracy.]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Dr. Ellen Cox]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this as a college senior in a course pursuing the question of freedom.  The way I conceive of the public realm will, thankfully, never be the same.  I still find myself breaking the world into the categories mentioned in the book.  My thoughts, beliefs, longings, frustrations, and even question...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42117794">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21341121">
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    <name><![CDATA[Diane]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting, intense stuff. Be prepared for lots of ancient Greek and Latin, for etymological and demonstrative purposes. I only had to read ch. 5 (Action) for the assignment, so can't speak to the whole book, but found her analysis intriguing - to a point. When she started looking at forgiveness an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21341121">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="53591910">
    <user id="1357163">
    <name><![CDATA[Thomas]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Sylmar, CA]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the most interesting accounts of political action and human freedom I know.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book really got me thinking about how the self relates to others in a productive manner and how this fundamentally shapes  one's view of and relationship to reality. Her critique of Marxist thinking was also helpful. At times, her thinking is a bit too slippery to follow, but always in a though...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27202278">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A rich and clear philosophical text which avoids jargon and makes a fair attempt at history, how could I help but be a fan?  If you are interested in the meaning of 'the political', Classical Greece and Rome, and Arendt's interpretation of what is unique and problematic about Modernity, read this bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/360015">more...</a>]]></body>
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