The Political Philosophy of Hannah Arendt

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1、ThePoliticalPhilosophyofHannahArendt“Thisisanincisive,penetratingandclearpresentationofsomeofthemajorphilosophicalandpoliticaltensionsinHannahArendt’swork.DepartingfromtheusualcharacterizationofHannahArendt’spoliticalthoughtasanostalgiclongingforthelostGreekpolis,d’Entrèvesanalyz

2、esthepersistenceandcomplexityoftheproblemsofmodernityinArendt’sthought.ItiswellwrittenandwellarguedandwillbeimmenselyusefultonewcomersaswellasmoreadvancedreadersofHannahArendt’swork.”SeylaBenhabib,HarvardUniversity“Theconclusionsthatd’EntrèvesdrawsfromHannahArendt’sworkfortheimpl

3、ementationofmoreextendedandparticipatoryformsofdemocracyandcitizenshipdemonstratetheacutecontemporaryrelevanceofArendt’swritingsforourpoliticalthinkingafterthecollapseoftotalitarianism.d’Entrèves’writingisdistinguishedbycompellingandclearlyarticulatedargument,andhisexpositionanda

4、ssessmentofArendtisofaconsistentlyhighquality.ThisisasophisticatedentrancepointtoArendt’spoliticalthought.”SimonCritchley,UniversityofEssex“AlearnedandsubtleaccountofArendt’swork.Itoffersafreshandneededperspective.”GeorgeKateb,PrincetonUniversityHannahArendtisrecognizedasoneofthe

5、seminalthinkersofthetwentiethcentury.Thisbookprovidesasystematicreconstructionoffourmajorconceptsunderpinningherwork:modernity,action,judgment,andcitizenship.Takingeachconceptinturn,d’EntrèvesoffersanoriginalassessmentofArendt’sconceptionofmodernity,identifiestwodistinctmodelsofp

6、oliticalactionaswellastwodistinctconceptionsofjudgment,andshowstherelevanceofherpoliticaltheorytocontemporarydebatesonthenatureandscopeofdemocraticcitizenship.D’EntrèvesarguesthatArendt’sconceptionofactivecitizenshipanddemocraticdeliberationprovidesthebestframeworkforrethinkingth

7、enatureofpoliticalagencyandforthereactivationofpubliclifeinthemodernworld.ThePoliticalPhilosophyofHannahArendtisanidealtextforstudentsofArendt,asitprovidesanovelandsystematicaccountofherpoliticaltheoryandoffersafreshperspectivefromwhichtoevaluateherwork.ThePoliticalPhilosophyofHa

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