{"product_id":"on-violence","title":"On Violence","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Violence\u003c\/em\u003e is Arendt's influential essay examining the relationship between violence, power, war, and politics, now available in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in 1970, with the Holocaust and Hiroshima still fresh in recent memory, the war in Vietnam raging, and the streets of Europe and America seething with student protest, Hannah Arendt's now classic work offers a startling dissection of violence in the twentieth century—its nature and causes, its place in politics and war, and its role in the modern age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCombining theory and lucid historical analysis, Arendt argues that violence and power are ultimately incompatible, and that one fills the vacuum created by the other—an insight which continues to offer a valuable framework for understanding the chaos of our own times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes a brilliant introduction by Lyndsey Stonebridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45693324525804,"sku":"9780241631645","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241631645_4a04aec9-8699-4cf0-ac8e-06870a6fbf19.jpg?v=1733113318","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/on-violence","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}