HANNAH ARENDT Julia Kristeva TRANSLATED BY ROSS GUBERMAN‘Hannah Arendt by Julia Kristeva Translated by Ross Guberman w COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW YORKColumbia University Press wishes to express its appreciation for assistance given by the government of France through the Ministére de la Culture in the preparation of this translation. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex Copyright © 2001 Columbia University Press Le Génie féminin, Hannah Arendt © Librairie Arthéme Fayard, 1999 All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kristeva, Julia, 1941 (Hannah Arendt, English] Hannah Arendt / by Julia Kristeva; translated by Ross Guberman p. cm. — (European perspectives) ‘Translation of : Le genie feminin, ¢. 1, Hannah Arendt, ISBN 0-231-12102~4 (alk. paper) 1. Arendt, Hannah. 2. Political scientists—Biography. I. Title. Il. Series. JC2si.A74 K7513 2001 320.s'092—deat 2001017262 © Casebound editions of Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. Printed in the United States of America Designed by Audrey Smith 10987654321