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The Research On Ideology Of Arendt Surpassing The Modernity

Posted on:2006-04-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J T PanFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360155955997Subject:Foreign philosophy
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Hannah Arendt, an American Germany woman, a jewish scholar, is one of the most special, creative political philosophist. She learnt from the most famous Germany 's philosophers, Heidegger and Jaspers as a student, and she lies in a special time of between past and future, and she experienced her own especial career, which makes her thought different from the layman. Moreover her thought makes others persuaded and desired and envied. Her surprising and special thought makes her always struck in the gossip steam; her reflective thought and that she thinks about politics by reflection and standing out of the politics, which makes herself show not a simple but a complicated political view, this political view is not an answer but a question, this thought does not become clear, which makes her thought uncommon and significant. In a word, Hannah Arendt's thought is different from main steam of western philosophy, moreover his thought challenges them which was commented by Margaret Canovan, who is the first one to research Hannah Arendt systemically in western scholar field.Hannah Arendt experienced the disaster of modernity, and she is full of worry to it, both of which make Hannah Arendt reflect this problem of modernity sadly. The philosophist in ideal country written by Plato broke hard out of the chains in the cave, face the bright concept sky, then go back to the cave bravely to help the people in dark to see the sun again. Hannah Arendt like the philosophist, whose philosphical thought which surpasses modernity is the process to a certain extent. This paper just argues about it in some degrees.This paper consists of five parts. The first part argues about where Hannah Arendt's political philosophy came from and shows clearly that her thought is a...
Keywords/Search Tags:Arendt, Modernity, action, Freedom, public realm
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