We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience

by Lyndsey Stonebridge

304 pages, Paperback

Published January 23, 2025

Reviews

[Anthony Steadman · Rating 5 out of 5]

As an Arendt fanboy, I really enjoyed it. The context about her life, especially after studying her work on 'freedom' at university, was fascinating.

If you haven’t read Origins of Totalitarianism, On Revolution, or The Human Condition, I wouldn’t recommend it as you might feel a bit lost.

One part I particularly loved was the anecdotes about her and her mother around Rosa Luxemburg. Had I known that story and Rosa’s influence on her earlier, it would definitely have changed how I engaged with her work. 🌹

[Ivana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nobody has the right to obey!

Enjoyable book with just a bit of pathos addressed at the present times. Serves as a 3D map of Arendt´s life&work, intertwined, meandering.

I like the personal voice of the author - admitting where her interpretation of Arendt digresses from others, or when she admits that it would be much easier if there was no letter exchange with Heidegger after war.

[Kai Prideaux · Rating 5 out of 5]

positively phenomenal. hello 2025