{"product_id":"hannah-arendts-aesthetic-politics-freedom-and-the-beautiful-hardcover-1","title":"Hannah Arendt's Aesthetic Politics: Freedom and the Beautiful - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Josefson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe face a crisis of public reason. Our quest for a politics that is free, moral and rational has, somehow, made it hard for us to \u003ci\u003emove\u003c\/i\u003e, to change our positions, to visit places and perspectives that are not our own, and to embrace reality. This book addresses this crisis with a model of public reason based in a new aesthetic reading of Hannah Arendt's political theory. It begins by telling the story of Arendt's engagement with the \u003ci\u003eAugenblicke\u003c\/i\u003e of Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Jaspers, Heidegger, Kafka and Benjamin, in order to identify her own aesthetic Moment. Josefson then explicates this Moment, what he calls the \u003ci\u003efreedom of the beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, as a third face of freedom on par with Arendt's familiar freedoms of action and the life of the mind. He shows how this freedom, rooted in Jaspers's phenomenology and a non-metaphysical reading of Kant, serves to redress the world-alienation that was a uniting theme across Arendt's works. Ultimately, this volume aims to challenge orthodox accounts of Arendtian politics, presenting Arendt's aesthetic politics as a radically new model of republicanism and as an alternative to political liberal, deliberative and agonistic models of public reason. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Josefson's book is remarkably well-written, clearly with an eye on 'the beautiful' its style is vivid, free of jargon, yet at the same time sophisticated in the manner of the best Anglophone literature, unassuming but effective. He takes us through his elaboration of the Arendt-inspired new politics with ease and confidence. And the main idea is not only original but also very pertinent to our times. -\u003cb\u003eAgata Bielik-Robson\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor, Jewish Studies, University of Nottingham, UK\u003cbr\u003eWe face a crisis of public reason. Our quest for a politics that is free, moral and rational has, somehow, made it hard for us to \u003ci\u003emove\u003c\/i\u003e, to change our positions, to visit places and perspectives that are not our own, and to embrace reality. This book addresses this crisis with a model of public reason based in a new aesthetic reading of Hannah Arendt's political theory. It begins by telling the story of Arendt's engagement with the \u003ci\u003eAugenblicke\u003c\/i\u003e of Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Jaspers, Heidegger, Kafka and Benjamin, in order to identify her own aesthetic Moment. Josefson then explicates this Moment, what he calls the \u003ci\u003efreedom of the beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, as a third face of freedom on par with Arendt's familiar freedoms of action and the life of the mind. He shows how this freedom, rooted in Jaspers's phenomenology and a non-metaphysical reading of Kant, serves to redress the world-alienation that was a uniting theme across Arendt's works. Ultimately, this volume aims to challenge orthodox accounts of Arendtian politics, presenting Arendt's aesthetic politics as a radically new model of republicanism and as an alternative to political liberal, deliberative and agonistic models of public reason. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Josefson \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Political Science at Bridgewater College, USA. His publications have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy \u0026amp; Social Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParty Politics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePS: Political Science \u0026amp; Politics.\u003c\/i\u003e Josefson presents his reading of Arendt for a general audience in the \u003ci\u003ePolitical Philosophy in The Moment: Narratives of Freedom from Plato to Arendt\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 307\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52720753672499,"sku":"9783030186913","price":168.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TmQ2T2l6RkpPOWdXemNSNUZuUHlrUT09_8a3855d1-ace0-4466-895f-9b4813dfbfce.webp?v=1763622103","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/hannah-arendts-aesthetic-politics-freedom-and-the-beautiful-hardcover-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}