Hannah Arendt and the Specter of Totalitarianism
This work positions Arendt as a political writer attempting to find a way in which humanity, poised between the Holocaust and the atom bomb, might reclaim its position as the creators of a world fit for human habitation.
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Hannah Arendt and the Specter of Totalitarianism
Marilyn LaFay
HANNAH ARENDT AND THE SPECTER OF TOTALITARIANISM
Copyright © Marilyn LaFay, 2014. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-39295-4 All rights reserved. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978–1–349–48347–1 DOI 10.1057/9781137382245
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data LaFay, Marilyn. Hannah Arendt and the specter of totalitarianism / Marilyn LaFay. pages cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Arendt, Hannah, 1906–1975—Political and social views. 2. Civilization, Modern—Philosophy. 3. Totalitarianism—Philosophy. I. Title. JC251.A74L32 2014 320.53—dc23
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
1
Love and Saint Augustine: The Abstracted Neighbor
25
Chapter 2
Rahel Varnhagen: The Strangeness of Me
49
Chapter 3
The Origins of Totalitarianism: A Surfeit of Superfluousness
71
Eichmann in Jerusalem: The Crisis of Conscience
99
Chapter 1
Chapter 4 Chapter 5
On Revolution: The Fragility of Rights
Chapter 6 Arendt’s Public Sphere: Locating a Political Existential Chapter 7
The Encumbrance of History
115 137 155
Notes
167
Bibliography
183
Index
191
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Acknowledgments
F
irst and foremost, I want to thank Stephen Eric Bronner for his constant encouragement and support for this project. I also want to give special recognition to Peter Dennis Bathory and Drucilla Cornell at Rutgers University—New Brunswick for their wise and wonderful mentorship. Carol Pal provided smart comments on early drafts, without which this book would not have found its final form. Brian O’Connor, Scarlet Neath, and Devon Wolfkiel at Palgrave have been both gracious and helpful as I stumble my way into my first publication. Finally, I would like to give my deepest appreciation for Andr
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