We Are Free to Change the World

An exhilarating, brilliant and utterly original read; an iconic 20th century figure brought to life in all her facets, splendours and complexities – Philippe Sands, author of East West StreetCompelling and original * Observer *Invigorating and insightful… An exhilarating and thoroughly humanising portrait of one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century… With impressive clarity and infectious passion, she follows the currents of Arendt’s thought to a rousing conclusion * Financial Times *Erudite and passionate… A superb read – Maria Popova * The Marginalian *From Arendt’s life and work Stonebridge fashions a map for navigating our present-day struggles and concerns * Times Literary Supplement *An absorbing new biography… Stonebridge does an admirable job… She imagines her way into Arendt’s life, in places literally retracing her subject’s footsteps, sensing the climate and smelling the (typically smoke-filled) air in an effort of understanding * Economist *

Lyndsey Stonebridge FBA is Professor of Humanities and Human Rights at the University of Birmingham, UK. She is the author of We Are Free to Change the World- Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience (2024); Placeless People- Writing, Rights, and Refugees (2018); winner of the Modernist Studies Association Book Prize and a Choice Outstanding Academic Title; The Judicial Imagination- Writing After Nuremberg, which won the British Academy Rose Mary Crawshay Prize for English Literature; and the essay collection, Writing and Righting- Literature in the Age of Human Rights. She is a regular media commentator and broadcaster, and lives in London.