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Hannah Arendt and the Negro Question

By Arendt , Hannah; Gines , Kathryn T

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
0253011671, 978-0-253-01167-1, 978-0-253-01175-6, 0253011752, 978-0-253-01171-8
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
418 kB (427531 bytes)
Pages
194\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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Description

While acknowledging Hannah Arendt's keen philosophical and political insights, Kathryn T. Gines claims that there are some problematic assertions and oversights regarding Arendt’s treatment of the "Negro question." Gines focuses on Arendt's reaction to the desegregation of Little Rock schools, to laws making mixed marriages illegal, and to the growing civil rights movement in the south. Reading them alongside Arendt's writings on revolution, the human condition, violence, and responses to the Eichmann war crimes trial, Gines provides a systematic analysis of anti-black racism in Arendt’s work.

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