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1、DANAR.VILLAIntroduction:thedevelopmentofArendt’spoliticalthoughtWidelyrecognizedasoneofthemostoriginalandin?uentialpoliticalthink-ersofthetwentiethcentury,HannahArendtremainsanelusive?gure.SheneverwroteasystematicpoliticalphilosophyinthemodeofThomasHobbesorJohnRawls,andthebooksshedidwriteare
2、extremelydiverseintopic,coveringtotalitarianism,theplaceofpoliticalactioninhumanlife,thetrialofAdolfEichmann,themeaningofthemodernrevolutionarytradition,thenatureofpoliticalfreedomandauthority,andthefacultieswhichmakeup“thelifeofthemind.”Theseworksarenotconstructeduponasingleargument,diligen
3、tlyunfolded,oruponalinearnarrative.Rather,theyaregroundeduponaseriesofstrikingconceptualdistinctions–betweentyrannyandtotalitarianism;action,labor,andwork;politicalrevolutionandstrug-glesforliberation;thinking,willing,andjudging–whichArendtelaboratesandweavesintocomplexthematicstrands.Theint
4、erconnectionsbetweenthestrandsaresometimeslefttothereader.Thus,itisnosurprisethatnew-comerstoherworkareoftenbaf?edbyhowthepieces?ttogether(notonlyfrombooktobook,butoftenwithinasinglevolume).Theycannothelpwonderingwhetherthereis,infact,aconsistentperspectivebehindhervariedre?ectionsonthenatur
5、eofpoliticalevil,thegloriesofpoliticalaction,andthefragilityofcivilizedsociety(the“humanarti?ce”)inthefaceofmountingnatural,technological,andpoliticalpressure.ThesituationisnothelpedbythefactthatmanycommentatorsonArendthavetendedtoseizeupononestrandofheroeuvre,elevatingherre?ectionsonpolitic
6、alaction,orhertheoryoftotalitarianism,toapositionofunquestionedpre-eminence.ThischapterattemptsabriefoverviewofthedevelopmentandplaceofArendt’spoliticalthought,highlightingthefearswhichanimatedherthink-ingaswellassituatingherwithregardtosomeofthemajor?guresintheWesterntraditionofpoliticalphi
7、losophy.Myconcernthroughoutistogivethereadersomesenseofthe“hiddencontinentofthought”(touseMargaretCanovan’sfelicitousimage)thatunderliesthevariousstopsonArendt’s1thecambridgecompaniontohannaharendtitineraryasapoliticalthinker,andtoshowhowthepieces?