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Book SynopsisIn Arendt's Judgment: Freedom, Responsibility, Citizenship, Jonathan Peter Schwartz claims that Arendt's theory of political judgment formed the core of her political thought, and that understanding it correctly makes it possible to grasp the systematic thread that runs through her diverse body of work.
Trade Review"Hannah Arendt died before she could complete the final section of her magnum opus,
The Life of the Mind, titled "Judging." Jonathan Peter Schwartz contends that Arendt's theory of judgment, implicit throughout much of her mature career, serves as a key to understanding how she reconciled the tasks of thinking and practice. Even in our golden age of Arendt studies, Schwartz offers a compelling full-scale rethinking of this great philosopher's work." * Samuel Moyn, Harvard University *
"This is a very well-written and interpretively ambitious book. Jonathan Peter Schwartz is the first to make Arendt's reflections on the theme of judgment the subject of a full-length book, and he does justice to the breadth and depth of her theorizing." * Ronald Beiner, University of Toronto *
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction. In Pursuit of Authentic Political Philosophy
Chapter 1. Action, Politics, Genealogy
Chapter 2. Arendt's Politics of Founding
Chapter 3. Philosophy and the Tradition of Political Thought
Chapter 4. The Origins of Necessity in Human Affairs
Chapter 5. Arendt's Theory of Judgment
Conclusion. Only the Citizen's Judgment
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
