A work of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems Arendt identified then—diminishing human agency and political freedom, the paradox that as human powers increase through technological and humanistic inquiry, we are less equipped to control the consequences of our actions—continue to confront us today. This new edition, published to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of its original publication, contains an improved and expanded index and a new introduction by noted Arendt scholar Margaret Canovan which incisively analyzes the book's argument and examines its present relevance. A classic in political and social theory, The Human Condition is a work that has proved both timeless and perpetually timely.

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was one of the leading social theorists in the United States. Her Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy and Love and Saint Augustine are also published by the University of Chicago Press.

人的境况》是一部具有惊人的原创性的作品，迸发出意想不到的洞察力，在许多方面比1958年首次出现时更有意义。在她对现代人类状况的研究中，汉娜-阿伦特从人类能够采取的行动的角度考虑人类。阿伦特当时发现的问题--人类机构和政治自由的减少，以及随着人类力量通过技术和人文探索的增加，我们更没有能力控制我们行为的后果这一悖论--今天仍在面对着我们。这个新版本的出版恰逢其最初出版40周年，包含一个改进和扩大的索引，以及著名的阿伦特学者玛格丽特-卡诺万的新导言，其中精辟地分析了该书的论点，并审查了其目前的相关性。作为政治和社会理论的经典之作，《人的状况》是一部被证明是永恒的、永远及时的作品。

汉娜-阿伦特（1906-1975）是美国主要的社会理论家之一。她的《康德政治哲学讲座》和《爱与圣奥古斯丁》也由芝加哥大学出版社出版。