Download or read book Violence and Power in the Thought of Hannah Arendt written by Caroline Ashcroft and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hannah Arendt was one of the foremost theorists of the twentieth century to wrestle with the role of violence in public life. In Violence and Power in the Thought of Hannah Arendt, Caroline Ashcroft argues that what Arendt opposes in political violence is the use of force to determine politics, an idea central to modern sovereignty.