Tag Archives: Bensaïd

Violence and Revolution in the Critique of Politics

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Dave Mesing

Below is the working abstract for my final project in this course. The introduction of the topic is a bit general, given our close reading of Arendt earlier this semester, but it reflects the fact that I wrote this document … Continue reading →

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An Incomparably Simple Horror: Arendt’s Leninism

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Dave Mesing

The name Lenin marks an obscure passage in the work of Hannah Arendt. On the one hand, Arendt’s comments on Lenin in The Origins of Totalitarianism are mostly even-keeled, and occasionally positive, despite the fact that Lenin casts a large … Continue reading →

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Politics, Violence, and Complicity: A Few Notes on Arendt’s On Revolution

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Dave Mesing

One of the most problematic elements of On Revolution, as we have discussed a bit in class and also on the blog with the Zinn article, is her resounding silence about the constitutive genocide coterminous with the American Revolution she … Continue reading →

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