1st Edition

Political Evil in a Global Age Hannah Arendt and International Theory

By Patrick Hayden Copyright 2009
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

Hannah Arendt is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century’s most powerful political theorists. The purpose of this book is to make an innovative contribution to the newly emerging literature connecting Arendt to international political theory and debates surrounding globalization. In recent years the work of Arendt has gathered increasing interest from scholars in the field of... Read more

Introduction.  1. Violating the Human Status: The Evil of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity  2. Superfluous Humanity: The Evil of Global Poverty 3. Citizens of Nowhere: The Evil of Statelessness  4. Effacing the Political: The Evil of Neoliberal Globalization

Biography

Patrick Hayden is Senior Lecturer in the School of International Relations at St Andrews University, UK.

"Hayden’s book is a bold, thoughtful and original study that makes faithful use of Arendt to persuade us to look afresh at the terrible injustices of global capitalism." -- Finn Bowring, Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK