TY - BOOK AU - King,Richard H. TI - Arendt and America SN - 9780226311494 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - JC251.A74 K56 2015 U1 - 320.5 22 KW - Arendt, Hannah, KW - Political scientists KW - United States KW - Biography KW - History KW - 20th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Hannah Arendt's world -- Guilt and responsibility -- The origins of totalitarianism in America -- Rediscovering the world -- Arendt, Tocqueville, and Cold War America -- Arendt, Riesman, and America as mass society -- Arendt and postwar American thought -- Reflections/refractions of race, 1945-1955 -- Arendt, the schools, and civil rights -- The Eichmann case -- Against the liberal grain -- The revolutionary traditions -- The crises of Arendt's republic -- Conclusion: once more: the film, Eichmann, and evil ER -