Hannah Arendt is on her way to becoming a classic of political thought. Her work and persona have been receiving attention for over two decades that extends far beyond the boundaries of academic discourse. How can this enduring interest in the highly controversial author during her lifetime be explained? Grit Strassenberger presents Arendt as a political thinker who connects the history of events and ideas to a conceptually innovative and crisis-diagnostically sharpened retelling of the political. As a problem-oriented approach to modern political theory, Arendt's "Exercises in Political Thinking" do not provide prescriptions for what should be thought; rather, they aim to "gain experience in how to think.".