The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah ArendtInterpreting the work of one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt rereads Arendt's political philosophy in light of newly gained insights into the historico-cultural background of her work. Arguing against the standard interpretation of Hannah Arendt as an anti-modernist lover of the Greek polis, author Seyla Benhabib contends that Arendt's thought emerges out of a double legacy: German Existenz philosophy, particularly the thought of Martin Heidegger, and her experiences as a German-Jewess in the age of totalitarianism. This important volume reconsiders Arendt's theory of modernity, her concept of the public sphere, her distinction between the social and the political, her theory of totalitarianism, and her critique of the modern nation state, including her life long involvement with Jewish and Israeli politics. |
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... Stories 107 Aristotle , Arendt , and Heidegger 114 5 The Art of Making and Subverting Distinctions : 123 With Arendt , Contra Arendt The Ontological and Institutional Dimensions of the 123 Public Sphere The Continuing Struggle with Karl ...
... Stories 107 Aristotle , Arendt , and Heidegger 114 5 The Art of Making and Subverting Distinctions : 123 With Arendt , Contra Arendt The Ontological and Institutional Dimensions of the 123 Public Sphere The Continuing Struggle with Karl ...
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... story of Varnhagen I read not only the traces of disappointment and sadness over her failed love affair with Martin Heidegger , but I also discover an " alternative genealogy of modernity . " According to this alter- native account of ...
... story of Varnhagen I read not only the traces of disappointment and sadness over her failed love affair with Martin Heidegger , but I also discover an " alternative genealogy of modernity . " According to this alter- native account of ...
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... stories " Arendt believes narratively constitutes the who and what of the world we all share ? It is precisely this truncated movement in Arendt's work between the extreme of universality and the extreme of particularity , recalling the ...
... stories " Arendt believes narratively constitutes the who and what of the world we all share ? It is precisely this truncated movement in Arendt's work between the extreme of universality and the extreme of particularity , recalling the ...
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... story , in Chapter 2 I examine her struggles to find a viable form of Jewish politics in the face of National Socialism and the Holocaust . Arendt sharply distinguished between the ideals of the " Jewish homeland , " a political ...
... story , in Chapter 2 I examine her struggles to find a viable form of Jewish politics in the face of National Socialism and the Holocaust . Arendt sharply distinguished between the ideals of the " Jewish homeland , " a political ...
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... story one evening over dinner in New Haven in 1974. In 1987 , Professor Dan Diner asked me to contribute an article to a volume titled Zivilisationsbruch : Denken nach Auschwitz ( Civilizational Rupture : Thinking After Ausch- witz ) ...
... story one evening over dinner in New Haven in 1974. In 1987 , Professor Dan Diner asked me to contribute an article to a volume titled Zivilisationsbruch : Denken nach Auschwitz ( Civilizational Rupture : Thinking After Ausch- witz ) ...
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