In 20 essays inspired by Hannah Arendt's analysis of crisis-ridden modernity, Wolfgang R. Heuer addresses aspects of depoliticization and the loss of politics, and thus of freedom. The wide-ranging essays are grouped in five sections: When Politics Vanishes, The Call of Responsibility, Images and Emotions, Federations, and From Plurality to Cosmos. They lead to the insight that the crises of our time require a common change of perspective towards ecological and political sustainability, the unity of »Cosmos and Republic«.
Price: $55.00
Pages: 340
Publisher: transcript publishing
Imprint: transcript publishing
Publication Date:
12 December 2023
Trim Size: 8.86 X 5.83 in
ISBN: 9783837665949
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, PHILOSOPHY / General
»The compelling writing of Wolfgang Heuer, strong on both style and substance, makes Cosmos and Republic. Arendtian Explorations of the Loss and Recovery of Politics not only a pleasant read for Arendt’s enthusiasts, but a valuable contribution to the literature and scholarship on many current relevant debates in political philosophy.«
Wolfgang R. Heuer, born in 1949, is a lecturer at the Otto-Suhr-Institut for Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin and co-editor of the HannahArendt.net online journal. He has worked as a visiting professor in Latin America, was one of the curators of the international art exhibition »Hannah Arendt Thinking Space« 2006 in Berlin and is co-director of the annual course »Identity of Europe« at IUC Dubrovnik.
Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Foreword 9
Beyond the Academic and Intellectual Worlds 11
1. Dogville - Eight Steps to Hell. A film review 29
2. Phantasies of Omnipotence 41
3. The Temptations of Lying 51
4. "Ice cold". The Way to Totalitarianism 63
5. Truth and Post-totalitarian Narratives 75
6. Who is Capable of Acting? Some Thoughts on the Importance of Personality 89
7. The Virtù of the Statesman - Willy Brandt 101
8. When Telling the Truth Demands Courage 113
9. Sustainability - The Power of the 'Unreasonable' 127
10. Horror and Laughter - Arendt, Tabori, Borowski 151
11. Cause or Intention? Justifying Crime 163
12. Facing War Arendt and Habermas 181
13. Federalism - A Hidden Treasure 197
14. Bridge and Border - Queering Europe 229
15. Rights Without Space - The Existence of a Transnational Minority 243
16. Europe and its Refugees: Arendt on the Politicization of Minorities 255
17. Elements of Cosmopolitanism - and its Handicaps 269
18. Desert and Oasis: Arendt Reads Stifter 285
19. Overcoming Inhuman Perspectives on Nature 311
20. The Encounter of republic and cosmos: Arendt and Humboldt 323
