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20. The Encounter of republic and cosmos: Arendt and Humboldt
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Wolfgang R. Heuer
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Contents 5
- Foreword 9
- Beyond the Academic and Intellectual Worlds 11
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When Politics Vanishes
- 1. Dogville – Eight Steps to Hell. A film review 29
- 2. Phantasies of Omnipotence 41
- 3. The Temptations of Lying 51
- 4. “Ice cold”. The Way to Totalitarianism 63
- 5. Truth and Post-totalitarian Narratives 75
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The Call of Responsibility
- 6. Who is Capable of Acting? Some Thoughts on the Importance of Personality 89
- 7. The Virtù of the Statesman – Willy Brandt 101
- 8. When Telling the Truth Demands Courage 113
- 9. Sustainability – The Power of the ‘Unreasonable' 127
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Images and Emotions
- 10. Horror and Laughter – Arendt, Tabori, Borowski 151
- 11. Cause or Intention? Justifying Crime 163
- 12. Facing War Arendt and Habermas 181
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Federations
- 13. Federalism – A Hidden Treasure 197
- 14. Bridge and Border – Queering Europe 229
- 15. Rights Without Space – The Existence of a Transnational Minority 243
- 16. Europe and its Refugees: Arendt on the Politicization of Minorities 255
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From Plurality to Cosmos
- 17. Elements of Cosmopolitanism – and its Handicaps 269
- 18. Desert and Oasis: Arendt Reads Stifter 285
- 19. Overcoming Inhuman Perspectives on Nature 311
- 20. The Encounter of republic and cosmos: Arendt and Humboldt 323
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Contents 5
- Foreword 9
- Beyond the Academic and Intellectual Worlds 11
-
When Politics Vanishes
- 1. Dogville – Eight Steps to Hell. A film review 29
- 2. Phantasies of Omnipotence 41
- 3. The Temptations of Lying 51
- 4. “Ice cold”. The Way to Totalitarianism 63
- 5. Truth and Post-totalitarian Narratives 75
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The Call of Responsibility
- 6. Who is Capable of Acting? Some Thoughts on the Importance of Personality 89
- 7. The Virtù of the Statesman – Willy Brandt 101
- 8. When Telling the Truth Demands Courage 113
- 9. Sustainability – The Power of the ‘Unreasonable' 127
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Images and Emotions
- 10. Horror and Laughter – Arendt, Tabori, Borowski 151
- 11. Cause or Intention? Justifying Crime 163
- 12. Facing War Arendt and Habermas 181
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Federations
- 13. Federalism – A Hidden Treasure 197
- 14. Bridge and Border – Queering Europe 229
- 15. Rights Without Space – The Existence of a Transnational Minority 243
- 16. Europe and its Refugees: Arendt on the Politicization of Minorities 255
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From Plurality to Cosmos
- 17. Elements of Cosmopolitanism – and its Handicaps 269
- 18. Desert and Oasis: Arendt Reads Stifter 285
- 19. Overcoming Inhuman Perspectives on Nature 311
- 20. The Encounter of republic and cosmos: Arendt and Humboldt 323