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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Learning to Live Together: Hannah Arendt on the Political Conditions of Ethical Life

Abstract

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"I examine four dimensions of Arendt's political ethic: her critique of the political shortcomings of conscience; her attempt to derive a political ethic from the conditions of political action rather than from the potentially anti-political preoccupations of morality; her inquiry into the nature of political subjectivity; and her insights into education in light of the disjunction between moral preoccupations and the morally unsettling demands of political action. Arendt makes the case for an ethic that can withstand ""the perplexities of action"" and her writings call for an approach to education that prepares students for these perplexities within the context of the necessary protectiveness of the educational realm."

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Education
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Levinson, Natasha
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Nicholas Burbules

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI3023117
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79627

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Levinson, Natasha. Learning to Live Together: Hannah Arendt on the Political Conditions of Ethical Life. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/79627