Hannah Arendt and the politics of friendship /

"For Hannah Arendt, friendship had political relevance and importance. The essence of friendship, she believed, consisted in discourse, and it is only through discourse, she argued, that the world is rendered humane. This book explores some of the key ideas in Hannah Arendt's work through...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nixon, Jon (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.
Temas:
Arendt, Hannah, > 1906-1975.
Arendt, Hannah, > 1906-1975 > Friends and associates.
Arendt, Hannah, > 1906-1975 > Political and social views.
Political science > Philosophy.
Friendship > Political aspects.
Amitié > Aspect politique.
Ethics & moral philosophy.
Gender studies, gender groups.
Political science & theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Friendship.
Political and social views.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover page
  • Halftitle page
  • Series page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • For Pauline
  • Epigraph
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • A Note to the Reader
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 A Child of the Time
  • Between the wars
  • 'Goodbye to philosophy'
  • Continuities across boundaries
  • Eichmann and evil
  • 2 Friendship and Plurality
  • Total domination
  • Massification and atomisation
  • Dead ends and cul-de-sacs
  • The diaspora of friendship
  • 3 Friendship as Promise
  • New beginnings
  • 'Isolated islands'
  • 'Truthful dialogue'
  • The fragility of friendship
  • 4 Arendt and Heidegger: The Struggle for Recognition
  • Unavoidable questions
  • Shared passion
  • Nazi years
  • 'Heidegger the fox'
  • Troubled reunions
  • A kind of settlement
  • 5 Arendt and Jaspers: Becoming Worldly
  • Life before Arendt
  • From mentor to friend
  • Old Europe
  • Assimilation and identity
  • Pax Americana
  • Footprints and legacies
  • 6 Arendt and McCarthy: Becoming Ourselves
  • The past in the present
  • Complicated complementarities
  • 'Workmanlike friendship'
  • Strength and fragility
  • Common sense
  • Duty beyond death
  • 7 Arendt and Blücher: Flourishing Together
  • Eros and philia
  • Thinking together
  • Doing philosophy
  • Politics in action
  • Root and branch
  • Life after Blücher
  • 8 The Hermeneutics of Friendship
  • Friendship as practice
  • Thinking and willing
  • 'Enlargement of the mind'
  • Dialogue among equals
  • 9 The Republic of Friendship
  • The public realm
  • The erosion of the political
  • 'Living in truth'
  • Common ground
  • EPILOGUE A Woman of the World
  • APPENDIX Chronology of Arendt's Life and Works
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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