Hannah Arendt's theory of political action : daimonic disclosure of the 'who'
- 作者： Tchir, Trevor, author.
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- International political theory.
- 出版： Cham : Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
- 叢書名： International political theory
- 主題： Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975. , Political participation. , Political Science and International Relations. , Political Theory. , Political History. , International Relations Theory. , Political Philosophy.
- ISBN： 9783319534381 (electronic bk.) 、 9783319534374 (paper)
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- 資料類型: 電子書
- 內容註: Chapter One - Introduction -- Chapter Two - Action's Disclosure of the 'Who' and the 'World' -- Chapter Three - Appearances of the Divine 'Daimon' -- Chapter Four - Aletheia: The Influence of Heidegger -- Chapter Five - Labor and 'World Alienation': Arendt's Critique of Marx -- Chapter Six - The Dignity of Doxa: Politicizing Kant's Aesthetic Judgment -- Chapter Seven - Forgotten Fragments: Arendt's Critique of Teleological Philosophies of History -- Chapter Eight - Conclusion.
- 摘要註: This book presents an account of Hannah Arendt's performative and non-sovereign theory of freedom and political action, with special focus on action's disclosure of the unique 'who' of each agent. It aims to illuminate Arendt's critique of sovereign rule, totalitarianism, and world-alienation, her defense of a distinct political sphere for engaged citizen action and judgment, her conception of the 'right to have rights,' and her rejection of teleological philosophies of history. Arendt proposes that in modern, pluralistic, secular public spheres, no one metaphysical or religious idea can authoritatively validate political actions or opinions absolutely. At the same time, she sees action and thinking as revealing an inescapable existential illusion of a divine element in human beings, a notion represented well by the 'daimon' metaphor that appears in Arendt's own work and in key works by Plato, Heidegger, Jaspers, and Kant, with which she engages. While providing a post-metaphysical theory of action and judgment, Arendt performs the fact that many of the legitimating concepts of contemporary secular politics retain a residual vocabulary of transcendence. This book will be of interest not only to Arendt scholars, but also to students of identity politics, the critique of sovereignty, international political theory, political theology, and the philosophy of history.
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This book presents an account of Hannah Arendt’s performative and non-sovereign theory of freedom and political action, with special focus on action’s disclosure of the unique ‘who’ of each agent. It aims to illuminate Arendt’s critique of sovereign rule, totalitarianism, and world-alienation, her defense of a distinct political sphere for engaged citizen action and judgment, her conception of the ‘right to have rights,’ and her rejection of teleological philosophies of history. Arendt proposes that in modern, pluralistic, secular public spheres, no one metaphysical or religious idea can authoritatively validate political actions or opinions absolutely. At the same time, she sees action and thinking as revealing an inescapable existential illusion of a divine element in human beings, a notion represented well by the ‘daimon’ metaphor that appears in Arendt’s own work and in key works by Plato, Heidegger, Jaspers, and Kant, with which she engages. While providing a post-metaphysical theory of action and judgment, Arendt performs the fact that many of the legitimating concepts of contemporary secular politics retain a residual vocabulary of transcendence. This book will be of interest not only to Arendt scholars, but also to students of identity politics, the critique of sovereignty, international political theory, political theology, and the philosophy of history.