Selected scholarly publications by Roy Tsao on the work of Hannah Arendt (1906-1975):

“Arendt’s Augustine.” In Politics in Dark Times: Encounters with Hannah Arendt, ed. Seyla Benhabib (Cambridge: 2010), pp. 39-57.

“Second Thoughts, New Beginnings: Notes on Arendt’s Unmarked Itinerary from The Origins of Totalitarianism to The Human Condition.” Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal, 28/1 (2007)

“Arendt and the Modern State: Variations on Hegel in The Origins of Totalitarianism.”  Review of Politics vol. 66 no. 1 (winter 2004) 61-93.

“The Three Phases of Arendt’s Theory of Totalitarianism.” Social Research, vol. 69, no. 2 (Summer 2002) 579-619. Reprinted in Hannah Arendt-Studien 1: Totalitäre Herrschaft und republikanische Demokratie, ed. Antonia Grunenberg (Peter Lang, 2003).

“Arendt Against Athens: Rereading The Human Condition.” Political Theory, vol. 30, no. 1 (Feb 2002) 97-123. Reprinted in Hannah Arendt: Critical Assessments, ed. Garreth Williams (Routledge, 2006).