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Rewolucja obywatelska w ujęciu Hannah Arendt a paradoksy działąnia politycznego
Civil revolution in Hannah Arendt’s perspective versus paradoxes of political action

Author(s): Anna Krzynówek-Arndt
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History, Political Philosophy, Political history
Published by: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
Keywords: Hannah Arendt;revolution;public sphere;

Summary/Abstract: In the concept of revolution there are two essential elements of political life. The first one is the fragility and sensitivity of the world of things created by human beings, lack of durability and strong support of the political order. The other element is the human ability to create and build a new order with hope for its survival. However, a more adequate approach to understand these elements is conceptualization of politics and political actions that anticipate the opening of the public sphere to the traditional and religious arguments (desecularization of religion as an impress of the postmodern epoch), and also to the problems of dignity of human work. What is also important is the awareness that it requires redefinition of the anthropological assumptions and a radical broadening of understanding how humans act according to what Hannah Arendt proposes. Moreover, it is important to understand that the redefinition means something more than just retouching as it is defined by Habermas, who believes in “laic communicative power” even in spite of mentioning “complementary learning process” of religion and secular outlook from yourself.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 29-49
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish