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Hannah Arendt and the Challenge of Modernity examines the critical role of human rights within Hannah Arendt's philosophical framework, offering a fresh perspective often overlooked by contemporary theorists who employ different analytical vocabularies. This scholarly work begins by unpacking Arendt's fundamental critique of traditional human rights discourse, introducing her transformative concept of "a right to have rights" as a counterpoint to conventional understandings. The analysis progresses to illuminate the internal tensions and paradoxes embedded within modern human rights theory, demonstrating how Arendt's work exposes conceptual inconsistencies that contemporary political philosophy has largely neglected. By repositioning Arendt's contributions within civil rights and political activism discourse, this volume offers essential reading for students and scholars investigating the philosophical foundations of citizenship, political freedom, and the theoretical limits of rights-based approaches to justice and human dignity in the modern era.

Key Features

Explores Arendt's distinctive concept of 'a right to have rights' as a fundamental challenge to traditional human rights philosophy and theory.

Examines the paradoxes within modern human rights conceptions that Hannah Arendt identifies and critiques from a phenomenological perspective.

Part of the Studies in Philosophy series from Routledge, providing scholarly depth for academic study of political philosophy and civil rights.

Addresses why Arendt's contributions to human rights debate remain underappreciated among contemporary theoreticians of civil liberties and political activism.

Analyses tensions in rights-based frameworks relevant to citizenship, political freedom, and the modern state's relationship to human dignity.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
06 March 2008
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02 May 2007

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