Examines the aspects of Hannah Arendt's life and thought including: her complex identity as a German Jew; her commitment to and critique of Zionism and the state of Israel; her works on "totalitarianism", Nazism, and the Eichmann trial; and, her intimate and tense connections to German culture.
"It is impressive to see an edited collection in which such a high intellectual standard is maintained throughout... I learned things from almost every one of these chapters."-Craig Calhoun, author of Critical Social Theory
