Hannah Arendt: Challenges of Plurality
About this ebook
The authors of the contributions to this volume decisively put the notion of plurality in the center of the collected interpretations, pointing out that plurality in its dialectic form of commonality, and difference is not only, as assumed by default, one of the most important notions in Arendt’s theory, but the very central one. At the same time, plurality is a central issue in many current debates, from populism and hate speech to migration and privacy. This collection therefore connects the theoretical advancements regarding Arendt and other political thinkers with some of the most pressing contemporary issues.
This book will be of interest to scholars and advanced students from philosophy, political theory and related fields studying contemporary challenges of plurality as well as scholars interested in the work of Hannah Arendt.
About the author
Maria Robaszkiewicz is assistant professor at Paderborn University and associate researcher at the Center for History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. She earned her doctoral degree in 2015 with a study on Hannah Arendt’s concept of exercises in political thinking and its relevance today (published in 2017 with Springer). Her research interests include philosophical theories of migration, Hannah Arendt and the reception of her thought, political philosophy, critical phenomenology, and feminist phenomenology. Her current research project focuses on phenomenological examination of migration experience.
Tobias Matzner is professor for media, algorithms and society at Paderborn University. He studied both computer science and philosophy and holds a PhD in Philosophy from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the intersection of technology, culture and politics. In particular, he is interested in novel perspectives on the politics of technology with recourse to Arendt and other critical phenomenologist thinkers.
