Download or read book The Human Condition written by Hannah Arendt and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1958 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Human Condition, published in 1958, was a wide-ranging and systematic treatment of what Arendt called the vita activa (Latin: "active life"). She defended the classical ideals of work, citizenship, and political action against what she considered a debased obsession with mere welfare. [http://global.britannica.com/].