Learning to Live Together: Hannah Arendt on the Political Conditions of Ethical Life
Levinson, Natasha
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Description
Title
Learning to Live Together: Hannah Arendt on the Political Conditions of Ethical Life
Author(s)
Levinson, Natasha
Issue Date
2001
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Nicholas Burbules
Department of Study
Education
Discipline
Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Philosophy
Language
eng
Abstract
"I examine four dimensions of Arendt's political ethic: her critique of the political shortcomings of conscience; her attempt to derive a political ethic from the conditions of political action rather than from the potentially anti-political preoccupations of morality; her inquiry into the nature of political subjectivity; and her insights into education in light of the disjunction between moral preoccupations and the morally unsettling demands of political action. Arendt makes the case for an ethic that can withstand ""the perplexities of action"" and her writings call for an approach to education that prepares students for these perplexities within the context of the necessary protectiveness of the educational realm."
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