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1、DANAR.VILLAIntroduction:thedevelopmentofArendt’spoliticalthoughtWidelyrecognizedasoneofthemostoriginalandin?uentialpoliticalthink-ersofthetwentiethcentury,HannahArendtremainsanelusive?gure.SheneverwroteasystematicpoliticalphilosophyinthemodeofThomasHobbesorJohnRawls,andthebookssh
2、edidwriteareextremelydiverseintopic,coveringtotalitarianism,theplaceofpoliticalactioninhumanlife,thetrialofAdolfEichmann,themeaningofthemodernrevolutionarytradition,thenatureofpoliticalfreedomandauthority,andthefacultieswhichmakeup“thelifeofthemind.”Theseworksarenotconstructedupo
3、nasingleargument,diligentlyunfolded,oruponalinearnarrative.Rather,theyaregroundeduponaseriesofstrikingconceptualdistinctions–betweentyrannyandtotalitarianism;action,labor,andwork;politicalrevolutionandstrug-glesforliberation;thinking,willing,andjudging–whichArendtelaboratesandwea
4、vesintocomplexthematicstrands.Theinterconnectionsbetweenthestrandsaresometimeslefttothereader.Thus,itisnosurprisethatnew-comerstoherworkareoftenbaf?edbyhowthepieces?ttogether(notonlyfrombooktobook,butoftenwithinasinglevolume).Theycannothelpwonderingwhetherthereis,infact,aconsiste
5、ntperspectivebehindhervariedre?ectionsonthenatureofpoliticalevil,thegloriesofpoliticalaction,andthefragilityofcivilizedsociety(the“humanarti?ce”)inthefaceofmountingnatural,technological,andpoliticalpressure.ThesituationisnothelpedbythefactthatmanycommentatorsonArendthavetendedtos
6、eizeupononestrandofheroeuvre,elevatingherre?ectionsonpoliticalaction,orhertheoryoftotalitarianism,toapositionofunquestionedpre-eminence.ThischapterattemptsabriefoverviewofthedevelopmentandplaceofArendt’spoliticalthought,highlightingthefearswhichanimatedherthink-ingaswellassituati
7、ngherwithregardtosomeofthemajor?guresintheWesterntraditionofpoliticalphilosophy.Myconcernthroughoutistogivethereadersomesenseofthe“hiddencontinentofthought”(touseMargaretCanovan’sfelicitousimage)thatunderliesthevariousstopsonArendt’s1CambridgeCompanionsOnline?CambridgeUniversityP
8、ress,2006thecambridgecompaniontohannahar
