Democracy, its collapse and the Jewish question. Comparing Hannah Arendt’s and Zygmunt Bauman’s philosophies

• Authors: Radosław Harabin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the article is to present Hannah Arendt’s and Zygmunt Bauman’s theories of democracy and the Jewish question. The paper consists of three sections. In the first one, there are explained the main concepts of their conceptions of democracy. The second one investigates what the collapse of democracy means for both authors. The third one compares Arendt’s and Bauman’s opinions on the Jewish question. The conclusions explain the main differences and similarities between the researched theories.

Keywords

EN

democracy; Jewish question; public sphere; Hannah Arendt; Zygmunt Bauman

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
• Journal: Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio K – Politologia
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2015

online

2016-04-18

Contributors

author

Radosław Harabin

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Identifiers

DOI

10.17951/k.2015.22.1.103