Arendt's disappointments and our new beginnings : citizenship and democracy reimagined /
Explores the legacies of Hannah Arendt's redefinition of political practice and recommendation of alternative public realms. Explains what we can learn about Arendt's early, recurring and increasing disenchantment with conventional politics and statists' manipulation of constituents....
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Presss,
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Arendt on Being Political
- 1. Salesmanship and Statesmanship: Arendt's 'Acute Awareness of Political Finitude'
- 2. Nationalism and 'Non-thinking': Arendt on Parvenus, Pariahs and Philosophers
- Interlude: 'The Onslaught of Modernity'
- 3. Arendt's Hints at How to Begin
- 4. Arendt Suggests Where and Where not to Begin
- 5. Why Arendt's 'New' Makes Sense Now
- Conclusion: Arendt on Controlling the New.