The Political Aesthetic of Hannah Arendt: Modernity, Judgment, and Culture

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ABSTRACT

The plan of this thesis is, first, to interpret Arendt’s critique of the modern age. Next, this paper outlines Arendt’s reconceptualization of Kant’s theory of judgment as the basis for a novel model of the public sphere in light of the conditions of modernity. Finally, this paper explores Arendt’s poetics as a means of activating the faculty of judgment in order to reconcile with the modern world. In order to address the political crises of modernity, Arendt develops a political aesthetic alive to the role of narrative and culture in reconstituting political communities. I argue that Hannah Arendt develops a novel political theory that is responsive to our global political context.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Critique of the Modern Age 4
World Alienation, Expropriation, and the Accumulation of Capital 8
The Bourgeoisie, Imperialism, and the Decline of Political Community 13
The Break in the Consensus Iuris: From Legality to Terror and Ideology 16
Post-Totalitarian Future? 22
Chapter 2: Reconstituting the Public Sphere: 25
Normative Hiatus? 27
Arendt’s Political Analogy: Genius and Taste 33
Reflective Judgment 37
Exemplary Validity 40
Chapter 3: Arendt’s Political Imaginary 43
Narrative Action 44
The Role of Culture in Politics 46
Artists and Artworks 48
Arendt’s Political Poetics 52
Conclusion 55
Notes 57
Works Cited 61