Common Sense & Political Barbarism in the Theory of Hannah Arendt

Autor:	Sandra K. Hinchman
Rok vydání:	1984
Předmět:	Politics Barbarism Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject Law Political science Interpretation (philosophy) Common sense Ideology Epistemology media_common
Zdroj:	Polity. 17:317-339
ISSN:	1744-1684 0032-3497
DOI:	10.2307/3234510
Popis:	We do not quite know why an especially barbarous kind of totalitarianism triumphed in parts of Europe during the 1920's and 1930's; nor can we be certain that it will not arise again. Sandra Hinchman suggests that we might usefully turn to Hannah Arendt's interpretation. Arendt linked the rise of totalitarianism to a declining role of "common sense" in the politics of modern societies. In her usage, common sense refers to a process of developing our perspectives on public issues through discussion and debate during which participants are willing to learn from one another. Any consensus emerging from this kind of a dialogue stands in sharp contrast to the uniformity of ideological reflexes that totalitarian regimes inculcate.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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