Presents a new perspective on Hannah Arendt as a political thinker and actor This book uncovers the deeply practical aspect of Arendt's thinking and introduces her works as exercises in political thinking. Treated in this way, Arendt becomes the reader's dialogue partner, whose judgements and opinions remain open for reflection and discussion. The book provides insights into not only her theory and its current relevance, but also her practice of reflective judgement. Maria Robaszkiewicz is Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Paderborn, Germany. Michael Weinman is Professor of Philosophy at Bard College Berlin.
Maria Robaszkiewicz is Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Paderborn University. She is the author of Übungen im politischen Denken: Hannah Arendts Schriften als Anleitung der politischen Praxis (Springer, 2017) and the editor, with Tobias Matzner, of Hannah Arendt. Challenges of Plurality (Springer, 2021). Robaszkiewicz publishes widely in social and political philosophy and feminist theory and is a member of the editorial board of HannahArendt.net.
Michael Weinman is Senior Lecturer of Political Science and Jewish Studies at Indiana University-Bloomington. He is an interdisciplinary scholar and teacher whose interests focus on ancient Greek thought, modern Jewish thought and the history of political thought, as well as the intersections of these three fields. Weinman is the author or editor of six earlier books, most recently Hannah Arendt and Politics (Edinburgh University Press, 2022), co-authored with Maria Robaszkiewicz, and The Emergence of Illiberalism (Routledge, 2020), co-edited with Boris Vormann.