Abstract The relationship between truth and politics is an ancient and venerable problem in political philosophy. But just as the traditional subordination of politics to philosophy has obscured central categories and experiences of politics (like action and freedom), it has also obscured the distinctive problem of truth in politics, or...
Thinkers attempting to challenge existing conceptions of political life often find that they encounter limitations in dominant modes of spectatorship and communication. If popular audiences are unsuitably oriented toward the presentation of certain content, this introduces a fundamental obstacle for political theoretic efforts to shape ideas and interactions. This dissertation...
Hannah Arendt claimed that aœtotalitarianisma emerged as a new word to designate a new form of evil in politics. However, she added, the use of a new word does not imply that we understand what this novelty consists in. This dissertation is an attempt to understand the novelty of totalitarian...