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How To Realize "Active Life"—the Research Of Hannah·arendt's Public Realm Thought

Posted on:2018-05-11Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2336330536964925Subject:Political Theory
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Hannah Arendt lived in the twentieth century,Which full of modernity.She saw a large number of loners Who were indifferent not only to political life,but also as a victim of totalitarianism.She uses the original mind to put forward the idea of the public realm,and then this concept is concentrate in her book The Human Condition.The public realm built by Arendt is a space that does not have concrete boundaries,but through words and actions that make itself-manifesting,Which is established along with the commencement of action,and the end of the action disappears.Arendt divides the three major sphere according to the human activity,and constructs a new theoretical paradigm,especially make a difference between the public realm and the private sphere.She hopes to establish a real public realm that enables people to show the nature of publicity diversity,to become the real political people and find the fundamental meaning of human existence finally.Arendt's public realm thought mainly include Aristotle city and public life,Kant's enlightenment and public,Heidegger and Jaspers thinking and public responsibility,as well as Max's state and civil society,to clear the public realm theory paradigm that built by Arendt,and defined the public realm of the decline of the connection,characteristics and essence.Arendt argue that,on the one hand,in the modern society,labor replaced action and gradually occupied dominance for the development of science and technology.The reversal of thought and action makes the public realm face the risk of erosion in the private sphere.On the another hand,the rise of totalitarianism generated atomized individuals and the distortion of the political party system,Which make the political life full of lies so that lead to the public realm faced a serious crisis.Arendt proposed by awaking civic awareness,cultivate the ability of forgiveness and commitment,abandon the political lies to achieves the revival of the public realm counter to the decline of the public realm.In order to deconstruction of modernity and restoration of human dignity.Arendt advocated the implementation of revolutionary action to regain freedom,the establishment of the council system to preserve the revolutionary spirit,to attract citizens to actively participate in political life,promoted the reconstruction of the public realm.In a short,we should use Marxist political science position,perspective and methods to reflect on the thought of Hannah Arendt's public realm,Which certainly has apositive effect on the western scholars represented by Habermas,deepen the critique of totalitarianism,and play a significant role to contemporary feminists.At the same time,we can not ignored the restoration of the classical republican system and the solution to the modern political crisis by Arendt.She deny economic factors in public realm thought,split the contact of public realm and private sphere,making the system design oriented elitism,into the fact of historical nihilism.
Keywords/Search Tags:Hannah·Arendt, Public realm, Active life, Marxist political science
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