Synthesis philosophica, Vol. 21 No. 2, 2006.
Original scientific paper
Hannah Arendt and the Limits of Political Freedom. Does politics have meaning at all?
Jin-Woo Lee
Abstract
The author sets forth from the claim that the name of Hannah Arendt is tied to the radical and original revival of the question of political freedom, which he substantiates with her famed statement that ”The purpose of politics is freedom.” The source of freedom and the political are identical or one. One the one hand, human freedom in this world is attainable only politically, while on the other, freedom is the sole reason for the subsistence and justification of politics. The
author highlights three categories through which the criterion of political freedom is expressed in Hannah Arendt. These are identity, pluralism and spontaneity.
Keywords
Hannah Arendt; political freedom; identity; plurality; spontaneity
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12427
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Publication date:
29.12.2006.
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