Back Vita activa oder Vom tätigen Leben German La condición humana (obra de Hannah Arendt) Spanish The Human Condition Estonian وضع بشر (کتاب) Persian Condition de l'homme moderne French The Human Condition Galician המצב האנושי HE Vita activa Italian 人間の条件 Japanese 인간의 조건 (한나 아렌트) Korean
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| Author | Hannah Arendt |
|---|---|
| Subject | Political theory |
| Published | 1958 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
| Publication place | United States |
The Human Condition,[1] first published in 1958, is Hannah Arendt's account of how "human activities" should be and have been understood throughout Western history. Arendt is interested in the vita activa (active life) as contrasted with the vita contemplativa (contemplative life) and concerned that the debate over the relative status of the two has blinded us to important insights about the vita activa and the way in which it has changed since ancient times. She distinguishes three sorts of activity (labor, work, and action) and discusses how they have been affected by changes in Western history.