The Political Philosophy of Hannah Arendt

Undergraduate

Advanced consideration of Arendt’s political philosophy through reading-intensive engagement with her texts and interlocutors. Topics include modernity, origins of totalitarianism, violence, revolution, labour/work/action, freedom, natality, the banality of evil, public-private distinction, thinking and judging, promising and forgiveness. Course Format: Seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): One PHIL credit or permission of instructor.