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Colloquy: Text, Theory, Critique , 2021
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Critical Horizons: A Periodical of Philosophy and Social Theory , 2020
Through a reading of Kant's essay, "An Sometime Question Raised Over again: Is the Man Race Constantly Pr... more than Through a reading of Kant's essay, "An Old Question Raised Again: Is the Human Race Constantly Progressing?", I argue that Kant's political philosophy fails to adequately engage with the political event in itself, and that Kant's so-called political writings simply provide a theory of the social sphere. Starting time, I present the Kantian political subject area as an antinomy betwixt the metaphysically grounded spectator and the physically situated actor. 2nd, I prove that Kant tries to solve the antinomy between the histrion and the spectator past attributing primacy to the judgement of the spectator. Third, I show that this move fails because it removes from political judgment what ultimately defines the political, i.e. plurality, spontaneity, and activeness. I conclude that rather than a theory of the sphere of political life, what Kant achieves is the thinking out of a theory of society (Gesellschaft).
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Arendt Studies: A Journal for Inquiry on the Life, Work, and Legacy of Hannah Arendt , 2020
Commentators often notation that at that place are contradictions, or at least inconsistencies, in Arendt'southward westward... more Commentators often note that there are contradictions, or at least inconsistencies, in Arendt'due south work. On the ane hand, Arendt is accused of theoretical inconsistencies, insofar as she makes claims in her afterwards work that seem incompatible with claims she fabricated earlier. On the other paw, Arendt has been accused of contradicting herself morally, with some commentators claiming that Arendt should not have written Eichmann in Jerusalem the way she wrote it. Both views place the treatment of the 1961 Eichmann trial at the centre of Arendt'southward thought, and cast it as representing a radical shift from Arendt'due south before piece of work. This article shows that both views neglect to acknowledge the importance of what I telephone call the "archetype of non-contradiction" in Arendt's work. I argue that, viewed in perspective, her treatment of the Eichmann trial is simply some other instance of Arendt attempting to follow the archetype of non-contradiction, practicing tentative and fluid thinking, and maintaining her friendship with herself.
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Colloquy: text, theory, critique , 2017
Readers of Hannah Arendt'south political theory have always plant it difficult to integrate her writi... more Readers of Hannah Arendt'due south political theory have always constitute information technology difficult to integrate her writings on political judgment into her political theory as a whole. This is primarily because Arendt's judging field of study seems to exist at odds with the fashion that she frames the acting field of study. In response to this trouble, this commodity identifies an implicit Kantianism within Arendt'southward political theory, which can exist employed in agreement the role of political judgement and its relation to action in Arendt. I suggest that, in lodge to footing the judgement of the thespian, Arendt appeals to a version of Kantian reflective sentence, as information technology appears in Immanuel Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgement. I then argue that although Arendt attempts to altitude herself from the Kantian transcendental, she likewise seems to lean on theoretical formulations that correlate to the sublime feeling in the spectator, also found in the Critique of the Power of Judgment. Finally, I chronicle these ii ways of judging to the notion of power as Arendt discusses information technology in The Human Status. I suggest that information technology is through power that political judgment appears in the world, equally the clash betwixt the reflective judgment of the thespian and the philosophical judgment of the spectator.
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Colloquy: Text, Theory, Critique , 2021
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Disquisitional Horizons: A Journal of Philosophy and Social Theory , 2020
Through a reading of Kant's essay, "An Quondam Question Raised Over again: Is the Man Race Constantly Pr... more Through a reading of Kant'due south essay, "An Quondam Question Raised Again: Is the Human Race Constantly Progressing?", I argue that Kant's political philosophy fails to adequately engage with the political event in itself, and that Kant's and then-called political writings merely provide a theory of the social sphere. Offset, I present the Kantian political subject as an antinomy between the metaphysically grounded spectator and the physically situated actor. Second, I show that Kant tries to solve the antinomy betwixt the actor and the spectator by attributing primacy to the sentence of the spectator. Third, I bear witness that this move fails because information technology removes from political judgment what ultimately defines the political, i.e. plurality, spontaneity, and action. I conclude that rather than a theory of the sphere of political life, what Kant achieves is the thinking out of a theory of society (Gesellschaft).
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Arendt Studies: A Journal for Inquiry on the Life, Piece of work, and Legacy of Hannah Arendt , 2020
Commentators oftentimes note that there are contradictions, or at to the lowest degree inconsistencies, in Arendt'southward w... more Commentators often note that there are contradictions, or at to the lowest degree inconsistencies, in Arendt's piece of work. On the i hand, Arendt is defendant of theoretical inconsistencies, insofar as she makes claims in her afterward piece of work that seem incompatible with claims she fabricated earlier. On the other hand, Arendt has been accused of contradicting herself morally, with some commentators claiming that Arendt should not take written Eichmann in Jerusalem the manner she wrote it. Both views place the treatment of the 1961 Eichmann trial at the centre of Arendt's thought, and cast it equally representing a radical shift from Arendt'due south earlier work. This commodity shows that both views fail to acknowledge the importance of what I call the "archetype of non-contradiction" in Arendt's piece of work. I argue that, viewed in perspective, her treatment of the Eichmann trial is simply another instance of Arendt attempting to follow the archetype of non-contradiction, practicing tentative and fluid thinking, and maintaining her friendship with herself.
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Colloquy: text, theory, critique , 2017
Readers of Hannah Arendt's political theory accept ever found information technology difficult to integrate her writi... more Readers of Hannah Arendt's political theory take always constitute it difficult to integrate her writings on political judgment into her political theory every bit a whole. This is primarily because Arendt'due south judging subject seems to be at odds with the way that she frames the interim subject. In response to this problem, this article identifies an implicit Kantianism inside Arendt's political theory, which can be employed in understanding the role of political sentence and its relation to action in Arendt. I suggest that, in order to basis the judgement of the player, Arendt appeals to a version of Kantian reflective judgement, as it appears in Immanuel Kant'due south Critique of the Power of Judgement. I then argue that although Arendt attempts to distance herself from the Kantian transcendental, she also seems to lean on theoretical formulations that correlate to the sublime feeling in the spectator, besides establish in the Critique of the Power of Judgment. Finally, I relate these two means of judging to the notion of power as Arendt discusses information technology in The Man Condition. I suggest that it is through power that political judgment appears in the world, as the clash between the cogitating judgment of the histrion and the philosophical judgment of the spectator.
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