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Rosa Luxemburg and Hannah Arendt: Against the Destruction of Political Spheres of Freedom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Sidonia Blättler ,
Irene M. Marti  and
Senem Saner
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Abstract

Freedom, understood as active participation in public life, connects the thinking of Rosa Luxemburg with that of Hannah Arendt. Biographically separated through the rise and victory of the totalitarian movements, they both developed a concept of the political that is oriented toward freedom and that demonstrates—in spite of their different historical experiences—essential common features: both authors emphasize the recognition of difference as a presupposition for a critical discussion of norms, traditions, and authorities, for the capacity to make unconstrained judgments, and for the ability to take personal responsibility.

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Hypatia , Volume 20 , Issue 2: Special Issue: Contemporary Feminist Philosophy in German , Spring 2005 , pp. 88 - 101
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Copyright © 2005 by Hypatia, Inc.

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