Arendt on Freedom, Liberation, and Revolution

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This edited volume focuses on what Hannah Arendt famously called “the raisond’être of politics”: freedom. The unique collection of essays clarifies her flagship idea of political freedom in relation to other key Arendtian themes such as liberation, revolution, civil disobedience, and the right to have rights. In addressing these, contributors to this volume juxtapose Arendt with a number of thinkers from Isaiah Berlin, John Rawls and Philip Pettit to Karl Marx, Frantz Fanon and Geoffroy de Lagasnerie. They also consider the continuing relevance of Arendt’s work to some of the most dramatic events in recent years, including the current global refugee crisis, the Arab uprisings of the 2010s, and the ongoing crisis of liberal democracy in the West and beyond. Contributors include Keith Breen, Joan Cocks, Tal Correm, Christian J. Emden, Patrick Hayden, Kei Hiruta, Anthony F. Lang Jr., Shmuel Lederman, Miriam Leonard, Natasha Saunders, William Smith, and Shiyu Zhang. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction (Kei Hiruta)....Pages 1-16 Hannah Arendt, Liberalism, and Freedom from Politics (Kei Hiruta)....Pages 17-45 Arendt, Republicanism, and Political Freedom (Keith Breen)....Pages 47-78 Romanticizing the Republic: Hannah Arendt on Freedom, Rights, and the Modern State (Christian J. Emden)....Pages 79-113 Resisting Injustice: Arendt on Civil Disobedience and the Social Contract (William Smith, Shiyu Zhang)....Pages 115-138 Hannah Arendt on National Liberation, Violence, and Federalism (Tal Correm)....Pages 139-169 Solidarity at the Margins: Arendt, Refugees, and the Inclusive Politics of World-Making (Patrick Hayden, Natasha Saunders)....Pages 171-199 Arendt’s Revolutionary Antiquity (Miriam Leonard)....Pages 201-223 Constitutions Are the Answer!: Hannah Arendt and the Egyptian Revolution (Anthony F. Lang Jr.)....Pages 225-251 The Centrality of the Council System in Arendt’s Political Theory (Shmuel Lederman)....Pages 253-276 An Epilogue—Or Epitaph?—For Freedom, Liberation, Revolution (Joan Cocks)....Pages 277-292 Back Matter ....Pages 293-302