{"product_id":"the-three-escapes-of-hannah-arendt-a-tyranny-of-truth","title":"The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt: A Tyranny of Truth","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Ken Krimstein \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Bernard J. Brommel Award for Biography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePersepolis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLogicomix\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e fans, a \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ecartoonist's page-turning graphic biography of the fascinating Hannah Arendt, the most prominent philosopher of the twentieth century.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"It's remarkable how lively Krimstein makes thought look in the book . . . cafe society scenes in Weimar Berlin in particular show how propulsive Krimstein's style is, how fluidly he conveys freewheeling conversations, how nimbly he switches gears.\" —\u003cem\u003eThe Chicago Reader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The astounding life of a 20th-century original as told by a skillful cartoonist frolicking in long form . . . A compelling performance with great pacing that makes abstruse political theory both intelligible and memorable.\" —\u003cem\u003eKirkus (Starred Review)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century and a hero of political thought, the largely unsung and often misunderstood Hannah Arendt is best known for her landmark 1951 book on openness in political life, \u003cem\u003eThe Origins of Totalitarianism,\u003c\/em\u003e which, with its powerful and timely lessons for today, has become newly relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe led an extraordinary life. This was a woman who endured Nazi persecution firsthand, survived harrowing \"escapes\" from country to country in Europe, and befriended such luminaries as Walter Benjamin and Mary McCarthy, in a world inhabited by everyone from Marc Chagall and Marlene Dietrich to Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud. A woman who finally had to give up her unique genius for philosophy, and her love of a very compromised man - the philosopher and Nazi-sympathizer Martin Heidegger - for what she called \"love of the world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompassionate and enlightening, playful and page-turning,\u003cem\u003e New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e cartoonist Ken Krimstein's \u003cem\u003eThe Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt\u003c\/em\u003e is a strikingly illustrated portrait of a complex, controversial, deeply flawed, and irrefutably courageous woman whose intelligence and \"virulent truth telling\" led her to breathtaking insights into the human condition, and whose experience continues to shine a light on how to live as an individual and a public citizen in troubled times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover\u003cbr\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003eBloomsbury Publishing, 2018 \u003cbr\u003e6.83 x 0.97 x 9.06 inches \u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781635571882\u003cbr\u003eGraphic Novel, Literature \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55325737615528,"sku":"9781635571882","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/files\/Krimstein_Ken_The-Three-Escapes-Page-One.jpg?v=1773332289","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/the-three-escapes-of-hannah-arendt-a-tyranny-of-truth","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}