Hannah Arendt and the politics of friendship / Jon Nixon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nixon, Jon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.

Arendt, Hannah.

Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975--Friends and associates.

Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975--Political and social views.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Friendship--Political aspects.

Friendship.

Political and social views.

Friends and associates.

Physical Description:

xv, 213 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.

Summary:

For Hannah Arendt, friendship had political relevance and importance. She believed that the essence of friendship consisted in discourse, and it is only through discourse that the world is rendered humane. This book explores some of the key ideas in Hannah Arendt's work through a study of four lifelong friendships - with Heinrich Blücher, Martin Heidegger, Karl Jaspers and Mary McCarthy. The book draws on correspondence from both sides, illuminating our understanding of the social contexts within which Arendt's thinking developed and was clarified. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 A Child of the Time 1

2 Friendship and Plurality 21

3 Friendship as Promise 41

4 Arendt and Heidegger: The Struggle for Recognition 61

5 Arendt and Jaspers: Becoming Worldly 85

6 Arendt and McCarthy: Becoming Ourselves 109

7 Arendt and Blücher: Flourishing Together 135

8 The Hermeneutics of Friendship 159

9 The Republic of Friendship 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index.

ISBN:

9781472506412

1472506413

9781472513175

1472513177

OCLC:

903662047