„…и ето, беше твърде добро.“ Последната „воля“ на Хана Аренд за притегателната сила на любовта
“…and Behold, It Was Very Good”. The Gravity of Love in Hannah Arendt’s “Last Will”

Summary/Abstract: The article investigates Hannah Arendt’s attempt to bring the notion of love out of its original religious-ethical context and ground it in the modern discourse of political theory. In this context it is examined whether Arendt’s exploration of the Creation parable that preoccupied the Medieval theologians has a political purpose. Tracing the similarities and differences between willing, thinking and judging, as they are described by Arendt, the paper is committed to an analysis of the following questions: Does the notion of man being created in God’s image involve a step in Arendt’s search for „love“ as a new social bond? Or does the Biblical reference to divine freedom signify an invitation for humans to sit back and freely reflect on the special relationship that exists between us and those of our „likeness“ in a plural world, one that is analogous to the divine praise of creation „…and behold, it was very good.“?

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