Hannah Arendt Encounters Friedrich von Gentz
On Revolution, Preservation, and European Unity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12740224 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Jurkevics (0000-0002-4212-4242, University of British Columbia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1134-1156 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Intellectual History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1479-2443 • E-ISSN: 1479-2451 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1479244321000536 |
| OpenAlex | W3202257852 |
| Language | DE |
| References cited | 9 |
This article contextualizes Hannah Arendt's complex and sometimes contradictory views on the Prussian statesman and balance-of-power theorist Friedrich von Gentz. A narration of Arendt's encounter with Gentz, to whom she devoted considerable space in her biography of Rahel Varnhagen and about whom she wrote two additional early essays, can illuminate the elusive contours of her international political thought as they developed from her early career to mature works like The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) and On Revolution (1963). I argue that a better grasp of Arendt's encounter with Gentz will shed light on the following: Arendt's complex relationship with conservatism, the early influences on her commitment to European unity and federation, and the early development of her conviction that the pathologies of the nation-state system require a revolutionary, cosmopolitan answer. Moreover, understanding this early encounter and its lasting traces will clarify why Gentz, who himself was active at the height of the “Age of Revolution,” once again became an important interlocutor for Arendt as she explored the possibility of a new age of revolutions in On Revolution
Art · Art history · Balance (ability · Biography · Conservatism · Conviction · French revolution · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · History · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |