Vita Activa, or On the Active Life

Does everyday work, planning-manufacturing activities, science-technology, and even partly artistic creativity serve as an escape from political action, from the open public world? Hannah Arendt tends to answer this question affirmatively. She is troubled by the state of contemporary society,... which has closed itself off in the business of production and consumption. The historical opportunities for free personal action remain unclaimed. The book systematically analyzes the primary needs and conditions of human existence, the main types of human activity, and above all, the turning point in human history associated with the shift of the focus to science and humanity's intrusion into space.
This book is a foundational work in political theory, establishing the basis of this science in the 20th century. It is one of the rare philosophical works of modernity capable of captivating any educated reader.