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Hannah arendt, la question juive et le totalitarisme

Defense date:

Jan. 1, 1991

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Institution:

Paris 10

Disciplines:

Sociology

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Abstract EN:

Hannah arendt's early american papers (which appeared in der aufbau or in jewish social studies at the time of world war ii or immediately after the war) have, until very recently, been little known or neglected. Yet, they provide essential clues to some of the shortcomings of hannah arendt's theory of totalitarianism. For instance, the idea of power which lies behind the totalitarian regime borders on the unthinkable. Or the uniqueness of the genocide of the jewish people is negated as soon as it is perceived.

Abstract FR:

Les premiers articles americains de hannah arendt (publies dans aufbau ou les jewish social studies, par exemple, durant la seconde guerre mondiale et l'immediat apres-guerre) ont longtemps ete peu connus ou negliges. Leur etude est cependant indispensable pour rendre compte de certaines apories de la theorie arendtienne du totalitarisme. Exemple : le concept de pouvoir qui est a l'arriere-plan du regime totalitaire confine a l'impensable ; ou encore : la specifite du genocide de peuple juif se trouve niee sitot apercue.