Arendt, Augustine, and the New Beginning: The Action Theory and Moral Thought of Hannah Arendt in the Light of Her Dissertation on St. Augustine - Softcover

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.

Stephan Kampowski is Assistant Professor of moralphilosophy at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute forStudies on Marriage and Family in Rome, where he has alsoearned his doctoral degree.