The deconstruction of the concept of political philosophy in Hannah Arendt's thinking

This article examines the ways in which Hannah Arendt deconstructs - or, as she says, dismantles - one fundamental assumption of the political and philosophical Western tradition: to believe in philosophy as a tool to solve political challenges. Arendt neither formulates a new normative political th...

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Autor Principal: Torregroza, Enver
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Lenguaje:Español (Spanish)
Publicado: 2009
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spelling ir-10336-221942022-05-02T12:37:17Z The deconstruction of the concept of political philosophy in Hannah Arendt's thinking La deconstrucción del concepto de filosofía política en el pensamiento de Hannah Arendt Torregroza, Enver Arendt Deconstruction Political philosophy Political thinking Politics This article examines the ways in which Hannah Arendt deconstructs - or, as she says, dismantles - one fundamental assumption of the political and philosophical Western tradition: to believe in philosophy as a tool to solve political challenges. Arendt neither formulates a new normative political theory that may eventually be applicable in practice, nor does she regret the distance between philosophy and politics as if such a gap were a thinking flaw rather than a virtue of thought. Still, she seems to suggest that in political affairs no definite answers and solutions can be expected from promising theories elaborated by philosophers. 2009 2020-05-25T23:55:44Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 19888376 11302097 https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22194 spa info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf instname:Universidad del Rosario
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language Español (Spanish)
topic Arendt
Deconstruction
Political philosophy
Political thinking
Politics
spellingShingle Arendt
Deconstruction
Political philosophy
Political thinking
Politics
Torregroza, Enver
The deconstruction of the concept of political philosophy in Hannah Arendt's thinking
description This article examines the ways in which Hannah Arendt deconstructs - or, as she says, dismantles - one fundamental assumption of the political and philosophical Western tradition: to believe in philosophy as a tool to solve political challenges. Arendt neither formulates a new normative political theory that may eventually be applicable in practice, nor does she regret the distance between philosophy and politics as if such a gap were a thinking flaw rather than a virtue of thought. Still, she seems to suggest that in political affairs no definite answers and solutions can be expected from promising theories elaborated by philosophers.
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