Hansen Hannah Arendt

Politics, History and Citizenship
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-7736-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 274 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Key Contemporary Thinkers

The new study provides a fresh and timely reassessment of thepolitical philosophy of Hannah Arendt. While analysing the centralthemes of Arendt's work, Phillip Hansen also shows that her workmakes a significant contribution to contemporary debates.Specifically, Hansen argues that Arendt provides a powerful accountof what it means to think and act politically. This account canestablish the grounds for a contemporary citizen rationality in theface of threat to a genuine politics.
Amoung other issues, Hansen discusses Arendt's conception ofhistory and historical action; her account of politics and of thedistinction between public and private; her analysis oftotalitarianism as the most ominous form of 'false ' politics; andher treatment of revolution.
The book is a balanced and opportune reappraisal of Arendt'scontributions to social and political theory. It will be welcomedby students and scholars in politics, sociology and philosophy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hansen, Phillip

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.
1. History and the Decline of Politics.
2. Freedom, Action and the Public Realm:.
Hannah Arendt's Polis and the Foundations of a GenuinePolitics.
3. The Public Realm under Siege:.
False Politics and the Modern Age.
4.Totalitarianism.
5. Revolution.
6. What is Thinking Politically? .
Conclusion: Whither Political Theory?.
Notes.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Phillip Hansen is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Regina, Canada.