“I Merely Belong to Them”. Hannah Arendt, The Jewish Writings

Authors

  • Judith Butler

Keywords:

judaísmo, pertenencia, nacionalismo, sionismo, personas sin estado

Abstract

The texts Hanna Arendt devoted to Judaism, centered on topics like the homeland and nationalism, cultural belonging and the question of stateless people, are exhibitions of paradoxes rather than close texts. Skeptical about both assimilationism and Zionism, Arendt defends the secularization of politics while she dismantles the logics of the state-nation, as, to her, the common history of exile and dispossession sets the path for the union of Jews and Palestinians, of immigrants and stateless people, and enables Jewish thought about the concept of justice.

Published

2010-12-16

How to Cite

[1]
Butler, J. 2010. “I Merely Belong to Them”. Hannah Arendt, The Jewish Writings. Lectora: Journal of Women and Textuality. 15 (Dec. 2010), 31–41.