Politics for Everybody

Reading Hannah Arendt in Uncertain Times

Ned O'Gorman

• Editorial: University of Chicago Press
• Año: 2020
• ISBN:
  9780226683294
• Categoría: Politik & Internationale Beziehungen
• Categoría: Politik

In this age of nearly unprecedented partisan rancor, you'd be forgiven for thinking we could all do with a smaller daily dose of politics. In his provocative and sharp book, however, Ned O'Gorman argues just the opposite: Politics for Everybody contends that what we really need to do is engage more deeply with politics, rather than chuck the whole thing out the window. In calling for a purer, more humanistic relationship with politics—one that does justice to the virtues of open, honest exchange—O'Gorman draws on the work of Hannah Arendt (1906–75). As a German-born Jewish thinker who fled the Nazis for the United States, Arendt set out to defend politics from its many detractors along several key lines: the challenge of separating genuine politics from distorted forms; the difficulty of appreciating politics for what it is; the problems of truth and judgment in politics; and the role of persuasion in politics. O'Gorman's book offers an insightful introduction to Arendt's ideas for anyone who wants to think more carefully

Índice

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• CONTENTS
• Preface
• INTRODUCTION / Prodigal Politics
• ONE / Untwisting Politics
• TWO / Phenomenal Politics
• THREE / Judging Politics
• FOUR / Lies, Damned Lies, and Politics
• FIVE / Why We Need Rhetoric
• SIX / The Political Imagination (or, Freedom!)
• CONCLUSION / Politics Reborn
• Acknowledgments
• Artist Statement
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index