Violence and power in the thought of Hannah Arendt / Caroline Ashcroft
"The book deepens our understanding of Arendt's conception of the role of violence in her political theory. But it also uses her work as a provocation to think about how we might engage with, build on, or criticize contemporary ideas of the political that have drawn on Arendtian themes-not...
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| Main Authors: | Ashcroft, Caroline (Author) |
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| Corporate Authors: | University of Pennsylvania Press (Publisher) |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021] |
| Edition: | 1st edition |
| Series: | Intellectual history of the modern age
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| Summary: | "The book deepens our understanding of Arendt's conception of the role of violence in her political theory. But it also uses her work as a provocation to think about how we might engage with, build on, or criticize contemporary ideas of the political that have drawn on Arendtian themes-notably via the notion of "agonal" or "agonistic" politics as theorized in recent years by thinkers such as Chantal Mouffe and Bonnie Honig-and how we can read Arendt in different ways to challenge or further our understanding of the political"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 278 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780812252965 |
