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Hannah Arendt's (1906-1975) writings, both in public magazines and in her important books, are still widely studied today. She made original contributions in political thinking that still astound readers and critics alike. The subject of several films and numerous books, colloquia, and newspaper articles, Arendt remains a touchstone in innumerable debates about the use of violence in politics, the responsibility one has under dictatorships and totalitarianism, and how to combat the repetition of the horrors of the past.The Bloomsbury Companion to Arendt offers the definitive guide to her writings and ideas, her influences and commentators, as well as the reasons for her lasting significance, with 66 original essays taking up in accessible terms the myriad ways in which one can take up her work and her continuing importance. These essays, written by an international set of her best readers and commentators, provides a comprehensive coverage of her life and the contexts in which her works were written. Special sections take up chapters on each of her key writings, the reception of her work, and key ways she interpreted those who influenced her. If one has come to Arendt from one of her essays on freedom, or from yet another bombastic account of her writings on Adolph Eichmann, or as as student or professor working in the field of Arendt studies, this book provides the ideal tool for thinking with and rediscovering one of the most important intellectuals of the past century. But just as importantly, contributors advance the study of Arendt into neglected areas, such as on science and ecology, to demonstrate her importance not just to debates in which she was well known, but those touched off only after her death. Arendt's approaches as well as her concrete claims about the political have much to offer given the current ecological and refugee crises, among others. In sum, then, the Companion provides a tool for thinking with Arendt, but also for showing just where those thinking with her can take her work today.

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Sur la responsabilité, Hannah Arendt a livré des réflexions importantes mais éparses. Or le versant éthique de La Condition de l'homme moderne n'est explicitement développé nulle part dans son œuvre. Le présent ouvrage poursuit un double objectif. Expliciter l'esquisse d'une éthique chez Hanna Arendt, en la faisant dialoguer avec celles de Karl Jaspers, Hans Jonas, John Dewey, mais aussi Paul Ricœur. Ce faisant, trouver aussi un guide pour articuler de manière efficace les multiples conceptions existantes de la responsabilité, tant en philosophie qu'en sciences sociales : responsabilité collective, responsabilité sans faute, responsabilité-dette, responsabilité-promesse, responsabilité partagée ... Cet effort d'éclaircissement conceptuel est requis par les incessantes références à la responsabilité dans nombre de nos débats contemporains. Mais il offre surtout une réponse inédite à une question en apparence triviale : pourquoi certains hommes nous sont-ils étrangers ? L'humanité, selon Arendt, est constituée d'une pluralité d'êtres singuliers, tous irréductiblement distincts les uns des autres - nul n'a donc de raison de nous être plus étranger qu'un autre. Et parce que c'est au sein de cette pluralité humaine que nous agissons, nos actions ont sur les autres hommes des conséquences imprévisibles, qui excèdent toujours nos intentions. Jusqu'à quelle limite acceptons-nous alors d'être tenus pour responsables de ces conséquences que nous n'avons pas voulues ? Refuser d'avoir des comptes à rendre à certaines personnes affectées par nos actions, refuser par conséquent de nous montrer responsables à leur égard, n'est-ce pas là notre motif pour les désigner comme étrangères ? La pluralité lance donc un défi à la responsabilité : jusqu'à quel point sommes-nous capables d'assumer l'humanité ?

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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.

Political science --- Philosophy. --- Arendt, Hannah, , --- Arendt, Hannah,

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Totalitarianism --- Philosophy. --- Arendt, Hannah,