Possibly Preventing Catastrophes: Hannah Arendt on Democracy, Education and Judging

Autor/in	Monig, Julia Maria
Titel	Possibly Preventing Catastrophes: Hannah Arendt on Democracy, Education and Judging
Quelle	In: Ethics and Education, 7 (2012) 3, S.237-249 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-9642
DOI	10.1080/17449642.2013.766540
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Foreign Countries; Politics of Education; Democracy; Political Attitudes; Authoritarianism; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Demokratie; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Autoritarismus; Deutschland
Abstract	In this paper, I try to argue why it is worth turning to Hannah Arendt when reflecting on education. I am exploring her political theory in "The Human Condition" which, with the anthropologic category of natality, seems to offer an interesting approach for democratic education. Apparently everyone can participate in politics or even start a revolution. In Arendt's writings on education, however, tradition, conservatism and authority are required as educational key values. Wondering if Arendt's political theory can nevertheless be helpful for democratic education, I turn to "The Life of the Mind". Judging might help us to prevent--through education--the reoccurrence of what happened in Germany during the Shoa. I come to the conclusion that in the end Arendt's thought is not contradictory but coherent if we consider her distinctions between the private, the social and the public as well as between the present, past and future. (Contains 21 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10