Hannah Arendt and Politics
Auteur: Maria Robaszkiewicz, Michael Weinman
Nombre de pages: 232 pages
ISBN: 1474497233, 9781474497237
Edition: Edinburgh University Press
Date de publication: Edinburgh University Press
Description: "Hannah Arendt has been classified as a critical theorist, a phenomenologist, an anti-feminist, a feminist ally, a democratic theorist, a republican theorist, a Heideggerian and a nostalgic Hellenophile. This book responds to these perspectives in two ways. First, Robaszkiewicz and Weinman recognise that one can legitimately derive all these positionings from one or another of her writings; second, they nevertheless insist that, precisely because all these approaches play some role in her work, her readers ought to follow her own claim that she 'does not belong to any club'. This book uncovers the deeply practical aspect of Arendt's thinking and introduces her works as exercises in political thinking. Treated in this way, Arendt becomes the reader's dialogue partner, whose judgements and opinions remain open for reflection and discussion. The book provides insights into not only her political theory and its current relevance, but also her practice of reflective judgement."--from the back cover.