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The Publics of Hannah Arendt and Jürgen Habermas

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Hannah Arendt’s and Jürgen Habermas’s accounts of the public are notable and important cornerstones in contemporary western political philosophy. This thesis will offer characterizations of Arendt’s account of the public realm in The Human Condition, and Habermas’s account of the public sphere in The Structural Transformation of The Public Realm, comparing and contrasting these accounts to each other in order to highlight the uniqueness of each account; as well the possible contemporary political relevance of these accounts.

Source: ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository (University of Louisville)

Author: Heggie, Andrew

Institution: University of Louisville

Language: English

Topic: Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7005371750

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