Arendt’s Disappointments and Our New Beginnings

Peter Iver Kaufman is Professor Emeritus at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and, since 2008, Professor and George Matthews and Virginia Brinkley Modlin Chair at the University of Richmond.

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction: Arendt on Being Political1. Salesmanship and Statesmanship: Arendt’s ‘Acute Awareness of Political Finitude’2. Nationalism and ‘Non-thinking’: Arendt on Parvenus, Pariahs and PhilosophersInterlude: ‘The Onslaught of Modernity’3. Arendt’s Hints at How to Begin4. Arendt Suggests Where and Where not to Begin5. Why Arendt’s ‘New’ Makes Sense NowConclusion: Arendt on Controlling the NewAbbreviationsBibliography

Kaufman reinvigorates Arendt’s thought to offer a bold reimagining of democracy for our age. Through insightful critique and passionate scholarship, this work challenges readers to embrace citizenship anew, pushing beyond disillusionment to realize Arendt's enduring vision of freedom and collective responsibility in a fractured political landscape. Essential for our times!