Hannah Arendt’s authoritative report on the trial of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann includes further factual material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt’s postscript directly addressing the controversy that arose over her account.

这部极具原创性的著作，通过对劳动、工作和行动；权力、暴力和体力；地球和世界，以及财产和财富等诸概念的区分，强调了人在面临现代社会高度科技化、自动化和经济现代化情境下，仍然具有的“复数性”和开端启新的行动能力，从而重树人们对于人类事务的信念和希望。这本曾被欢呼为“参与式民主的教科书”，将批判的目光投向我们当前认为理所当然的思考和行为方式。时隔50年，这《人的境况》的原创性仍然像当时一样令人瞩目，并能激发起新的思想和讨论。

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.