The Research On Hannah Arendt’s Classical Republicanism

Hannah Arendt was one of the most unique and original scholars in political philosophers in the twentieth Century. Ahrendt has experienced the great event in twentieth Century, all kinds of experiences have made her theory presented a complex blend of characteristics,She was under the master of existentialism Heidegger and Jaspers, with her works throughout the existentialism of humanitarian concern, this experience makes her with an individual point of view observe the relationship between politics and human, human existence only through political interaction in order to recognize. The two opposite life experience in totalitarian and democratic in the United States, make Ahrendt think what is the essence of politics?The totalitarian system, with the aid of terror and violence, will expell the people from the meaning of the world, to become unnecessary, and democracy in the United States due to the layers of bureaucracy eliminate the enthusiasm of the people involved in politic.And about Eichmann trial, more make arendt realized that people’s average after system of amplification turn into a kind of evil, the evil is so common that it behaved so humble, this kind of experience prompted her to reflect on, how to avoid repression of human nature, how can you just walk out of the" the banality of evil.In the eyes of Arendt, classical republicanism emphasizes the combination of human nature and politics, her classical republicanism including action, public domain, virtue theory.The action theory is the core of her theory, the move indicates the beginning and self realization, and only individuals in the call of virtue walk to the public for the free presentation, in order to achieve in the presence of others themselves,which is also regarded as a course of action.Arendt’s theory of classical republicanism, with inner link, all theories are built on the basis of her understanding of people. The birth means that people who want to become a unique self,the human complex also indicates that people must be in mutual communication to recognize the existence of self, and this process is to achieve self transcendence.At the same time, the action and the public sector, virtue has contact.Action need to render itself in the field of public action, and public domain is the site of action.action is the externalization of virtue, virtue is a continuation of the action, it has the consistency between them.Arendt’s classical republicanism theory also has its own unique features, she is not like ordinary classical republicanism that viewed mixed system is the best political system design, in her eyes, only to realize individual participation in the freedom of the system is the best form of government, so she put forward the system of councils, intention to participate in the implementation through layers of political system.Furthermore, the experience in totalitarian regimes, makes her aware of the importance of personal freedom.so she did not blindly emphasizes the importance of the public domain, she also saw the hidden role the private sector plays,which means her freedom presents a fusion of positive freedom and negative freedom. But what is undeniable is that her thoughts also have limitation at the same time, her understanding of people is too simple, ignoring the individual pursuit of diversity, at the same time her theory has utopianism, ignoring the complexity of real political life.