Political Science · Western Political Thought
UGC NET June 2025 Political Science
Who wrote the book 'On Revolution'?
AHannah Arendt ✓ Correct
BVladimir Lenin
CKarl Marx
DEdmund Burke
Correct answer: (A) Hannah Arendt — On Revolution was written by Hannah Arendt, so the answer is Hannah Arendt.
Explanation
★On Revolution was written by Hannah Arendt, so the answer is Hannah Arendt.
★She published it in 1963 as a comparative study of the American and French revolutions.
★Arendt argues that the American Revolution succeeded by founding lasting political freedom.
★The French Revolution, in her view, failed because it was consumed by the social question.
★Lenin, Marx and Edmund Burke wrote on revolution and politics but did not write it.
★So the title belongs to Arendt alone.
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