SOC768 Reading Hannah Arendt

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2007
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Laura Anne Bunt, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Csaba Szaló, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:40 U33
Course Enrolment Limitations
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The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
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Course objectives
Hannah Arendt is hailed as one of the twentieth centurys greatest philosophers. Her thought is strikingly original and disturbingly unorthodox. Yet, while she is recognized as a foremost philosopher, her contribution to social critique is all but ignored in the social sciences, although her thought was formulated in reaction to the most prominent political thinkers of the modern era: Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and Heidegger. In her own way, Arendt created a distinct form of social theorization which engages a broad range of philosophical, existential, and political themes. In this course, through a close reading of selections from her central texts, namely, The Origins of Totalitarianism, The Human Condition, Men in Dark Times, Between Past and Future, and On Revolution, we will attempt to unravel the nature of her political and philosophical thought paying particular attention to her treatment of: anti-Semitism, race, imperialism, totalitarianism, labor, and the meaning of democratic forms of government.
Language of instruction
English
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