The Question Concerning the Differences Between Regimes in Hannah Arendt’s Thought
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Politics, revolution, totalitarianism, tradition, regimeAbstract
Is it possible to think, after the collapse of the tradition of political philosophy, about the difference between regimes? In this article I address this question in two parts. First, I will try to show how, in her reading of Montesquieu, Arendt discovers a way to think about the opposition between freedom and domination that goes beyond traditional parameters. Second, I will analyze the two political experiences that constitute, for Arendt, the extreme poles of modernity —revolutions and totalitarianism. Starting from these two elements, I will try to show how the question concerning the differences between regimes is at the core of Arendt’s theoretical project.
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