This highly acclaimed, prize-winning biography of one of the foremost political philosophers of the twentieth century is here reissued in a trade paperback edition for a new generation of readers. In a new preface the author offers an account of writings by and about Arendt that have appeared since the book’s 1982 publication, providing a reassessment of her subject’s life and achievement.

Praise for the earlier edition:

“Both a personal and an intellectual biography . . . It represents biography at its best.”—Peter Berger, front page, The New York Times Book Review

“A story of surprising drama . . . . At last, we can see Arendt whole.”—Jim Miller, Newsweek

“Indispensable to anyone interested in the life, the thought, or . . . the example of Hannah Arendt.”—Mark Feeney, Boston Globe

“An adventure story that moves from pre-Nazi Germany to fame in the United States, and . . . a study of the influences that shaped a sharp political awareness.”—Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch

伊麗莎白·揚—布魯爾（Elisabeth Young-Bruehl，1946—2011）職業心理分析師，畢業於紐約社會研究學院，工作於費城的賓夕法尼亞研究所和哥倫比亞大學心理分析訓練和研究中心，擅長對人物內心的把握和描述。她是阿倫特的學生和朋友、最親密的人之一。著有《安娜·弗洛伊德傳》（1988）、《創造性人格》（1991）、《愛這個世界：漢娜·阿倫特傳》（1982,2004）、《阿倫特為什麼重要》（2006）等。

譯者：陳偉，政治學博士，中國人民大學國際關係學院副教授，主要研究領域為政治理論、西方政治思想、政治哲學，著有《阿倫特與政治的復歸》、《施米特與政治的邏輯》等。

譯者：張新剛，北京大學西方古典學中心助理教授。