The book deals with some readings of the works of Hannah Arendt produced in Argentina, from the first publications of her texts in 1942 and critical reviews of her first works in the 1950s, to the readings and intellectual interventions of the late twentieth century. After an introduction to the general problem, its foundation and the chosen transdisciplinary approach (Chapter 1), the thematized and analytical periodization of the chosen corpus of materials is defined. This corpus includes the translations of this author’s works into Spanish, highlighting the importance of the pioneering work of Argentine translators, publishers, and cultural and academic periodicals for the dissemination of Arendt’s bibliography in this language.

Chapter 2 “Exile and emigration (1942-1962)” is organized into four sections where the first translations and reproductions of articles and fragments of works by this author are analyzed, both in the original publication languages ​​(German and English) and translated to Spanish. These readings unfold in a heterogeneous cultural space, ranging from some political-cultural publications of organizations and personalities of the Jewish culture, anti-Nazi German refugee groups and Latin American diffusers of German culture. Chapter 3 “Cuts, forgetfulness and posthumous fame (1963-1985)” presents the period of reconfiguration of these reception spaces from its readers, from sectors close to the Third World of the early 1960s to the end of the last military dictatorship. In our country. Chapter 4 “Elective affinities in the post-dictatorship (1986-2000)” addresses the interpretive readings, uses and creative appropriations of Arendt’s works since the post-dictatorship. These new reading spaces configure five main axes of the readings of it by some contemporary Argentine intellectuals and academics: the articulation between human rights and democracy after State terrorism; the legal scene as a paradigm of public deliberation during the transition; reflections on the responsibility and punishment of the crimes of State terrorism; the relations between the public and the private in the neoliberal context; and reviews of the relationship between violence and politics in the years 1960-1970. The Conclusions “A Necessarily Disrespectful Legacy?” synthetically retrieve the central findings of the work.