Cosmos and Republic : Arendtian Explorations of the Loss and Recovery of Politics / / Wolfgang R. Heuer

• Autore: Heuer Wolfgang R.
• Pubblicazione: Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , [2023]; ©2023
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
• Soggetto non controllato: Democracy; Literature; Philosophy; Political Science; Political Sociology; Political Theory; Politics; Society
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Beyond the Academic and Intellectual Worlds -- When Politics Vanishes -- 1. Dogville – Eight Steps to Hell. A film review -- 2. Phantasies of Omnipotence -- 3. The Temptations of Lying -- 4. “Ice cold”. The Way to Totalitarianism -- 5. Truth and Post-totalitarian Narratives -- The Call of Responsibility -- 6. Who is Capable of Acting? Some Thoughts on the Importance of Personality -- 7. The Virtù of the Statesman – Willy Brandt -- 8. When Telling the Truth Demands Courage -- 9. Sustainability – The Power of the ‘Unreasonable' -- Images and Emotions -- 10. Horror and Laughter – Arendt, Tabori, Borowski -- 11. Cause or Intention? Justifying Crime -- 12. Facing War Arendt and Habermas -- Federations -- 13. Federalism – A Hidden Treasure -- 14. Bridge and Border – Queering Europe -- 15. Rights Without Space – The Existence of a Transnational Minority -- 16. Europe and its Refugees: Arendt on the Politicization of Minorities -- From Plurality to Cosmos -- 17. Elements of Cosmopolitanism – and its Handicaps -- 18. Desert and Oasis: Arendt Reads Stifter -- 19. Overcoming Inhuman Perspectives on Nature -- 20. The Encounter of republic and cosmos: Arendt and Humboldt
• Sommario/riassunto: Inspired by Hannah Arendt's analysis of crisis-ridden modernity, Wolfgang Heuer addresses exemplary aspects of depoliticization and the loss of politics - and thus of freedom - in 20 essays. He argues that politics can recover, if it is based on personal responsibility in the political realm, in civil society, and even under dictatorial conditions; if the pictorial and emotional conditions of successful judgement are understood; if human plurality is given its specific political organisational form; and, finally, if sustainability is understood as a principle of action, not only towards nature but also towards politics and society.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cosmos and Republic
• ISBN: 3-8394-6594-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996545360703316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno