On Revolution

by Arendt, Hannah | Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions
Published 23/04/2026 by FABER & FABER in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 368 pages
198 x 129mm | 0g

On Revolution is the great political thinker Hannah Arendt's classic exploration of a phenomenon that has radically reshaped the world. Exploring the eighteenth-century rebellions in America and France through to the explosive political upheavals of the twentieth-century, On Revolution is essential reading for anyone seeking to decipher the forces that have shaped our tumultuous age.

This edition includes a foreword by David Runciman. 'More than any thinker it was Arendt who identified how movements of ideas, racial theories, people and methods . . . ultimately disfigured the twentieth century.' David Olusoga'Enormously erudite, always imaginative, original and full of insights.' Sunday Times