L E C TU R E S O N KANT'S PolitPihciallo sophy THE LIFE OF THE MIND Part III Victrix causad iis placuits ed victaC atoni K�nDt' ich Magiev on meinemP fade ntfernen, Di� Zaubersp¥rche ganz und gar verlernen, Stw.n�'i ch Nat� vor Dir, ein Mann allein, Da war's der 1-!»he wert ein Nenschz u sei.!:.!, judgwianstg oh avbee etnh et hiarndd fi navlo lumoefH annaAhr endTth'se Lifteh Meoi fnA dl.tl h asth ea ctuawlrloytw ea st hitsi tplaeg ew,h icwhi,t iht s twoe pigrawpahsfs o,u nidnh ert ypewrsihtoerrat fltyhe errd eath. Hannah Arendt L E C T U R E S O N KANT'S PoliPthiipclhyao ls o EDITEDA ND WITH AN INTERPRETIVEE SSAYB Y RonaBledi ner THE UNIVERSITYO FC HICAGO PRESS TheU niverosfiC thyi caPgroe sCsh,i ca6g0o6 37 TheH arvesPtreers Lsi,m itBerdi,g htSouns,s ex © 199b2y T heU niverosfiC thyi cago Alrli ghrtess ervPeudb.l is1h9e8d2 Paperbeadcikti o1n9 89 Printientd h eU niteSdt atoefsA merica 080 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 09 9 567 81 09 LibraorfyC ongreCsast aloginPgu-bilni-caDtiaotna ArendHta,n nah. LecturoenK sa ntp'osl itipchaill osophy. Inclubdiebsl iograrpehfiecraeln ces. 1.K antImman, uel1,7 24--1804--Addreessssaeyss,, lecturIe.Bs e.i neRro,n al1d9,5 3- IIT.i tle. JC181.K4A73 320'.01'092842 -4817 AACR2 ISBN0 -226-025(9p5b-k0. ) HannaAhr end"tP'oss tscritpotTh uemli "f eo f the Mind, volumoen e©, 19771,9 7b8y H arcouBrrta ce JovanovIincchi.,sr, e prinwtietdth h ep ermissoifo n thpeu blishHearrsc,o uBrrta cJeo vanovIinccha.,n, d MartiSne ek&e rW arburg, Limited. e Thep apeurs eidn t hipsu blicamteieottnsh eminim um requiremoefnt thseA mericNaanti onaSlt andafrodr InformaSticoine nces-PermoafnP eanpceefr o Pr rinted LibraMrayt eriAaNlSsIZ, 3 9.48-1992. Contents PrefbaycR eo,n aBledi ner Vll PART ONE TexbtyAs r endt Po stsctriopT htiunmk ing 3 LectuornKe asn tP'osl iPthiiclaols ophy 7 Imaignation 79 PART TWO InterpErsestaiyv e HannAarhe nodnJt u dgibnyRg o,n aBledi ner 89 Notes 175 Preface HANNAHA RENDT never tlowi rvi"etuJded ginwgh,i"wc ahts o havbee etnh teh irdc oanncdl updairntg of ThheLerif oewf ork tehM indY.e ts tudeonfht esr t hougwhotu lhda vaem ple jusitciafftoiboren l ietvhiantg,i bthe aedn wriwitot uthleadnv ,e beehne crr ownaicnhgi eveTmheepn utr.p oosfte h per esent booikts od ratwo getthhmeea ria nv ailtaebxbltyAes r enodntt h is imptoarntto pOibcv.i outshletyse,ex c tasbn e n os ubstfiotru te thweo rtkh at wwarsi tnbtouet1tnt ,h itnhkec yao nf efrc luteos thlei kdeilrye cHtainonnAa rhe ndt's wtohuihlnadkv tiean kge n int hairse ease,pc iwahleltnyh eayrv ei ewientd hc eo ntoefhx etr woraksa w holIenm. y i nterpersestIahi yav vehe o petdos how thasto metchoihnegrc eainnnt d ebeegd l eafnoremdt hetseex ts antdo h elgpi vtehr ee adseorms ee nosfte h eiimrp ortNaon ce. morteh atnh iicssl aifmoemrdy s peculraetciovnes truction. 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She phraeds eedan net arlvieerrso ifto hne amtt hUen iveorfs ity Chicaign1o 6 94a,n dma teorinja uld gwianasgl sion cluidne d VII Vlll PREFAC E lectsuhrgeea sv oen m oraplh ilosaotCp hhiyc aagnoda tt he NewS chool 1d69u5ra innd1g 69 6A.r enwdatss c heduled to lectaugraeoi nnt hCer itoifjq uudegm einntt h e Spring semester of1 796a t NtehweS choolh,e drbe uatct ahm ienD ecember, 1795T.h en otoensI maginaatrifeor mno as emionnatr h e Critique gofi jvauetdnt gm heNene wt Scdhuoroiltn hgse a me semesatste hr1e 7 90K anLte cetsu(r.A recnodmtm onglavye semincaornsc urrweintlthel cyt ounrc elso sreellyat toepdi cs in ordteore xplore ceirngt raeiandt eeihprdt. Te)ha esss ee minar notheesl tpoe labotrhaKeta enL te ctubryse hso wtihnagt the notioofen x emaprvlya litdhiaettmy e rgients h teh iCrrdi tique antdh deo ctorfi nStech hee maitni stmh Ceri tfiiraqsrulteei nked byt hreo loefi maginwahtiiicofshnun ,d amenttoba oltp hr,o ­ viding sfcochroe gmnaitataswi eoalnsle xampljeusdm gefonrt . Mya ihma bse etnop rovaisfd uleal s elecotfti eoxants ts h e reader nweoeuidln do rdetrog limpHsaen naAhr endt's emergrieflnegc toinojn usd giOntgh.ea rv aillaebcltmeua rtee ­ riahlasv e lbeeofeutnbt e caushea viteno c luded them would havper oducedr eepievttehineterwis hse,rh ee vri ehwasd not changoerid n,c onsiwshteerhneecv ryi ,e hwasdd evelboep­ed yontdh oesxep reisnst heeeda rlsikeert cIhh easvh.eo ,w ever, madues oef t hese moattheerwrih aelrtseh, ea yr ree leviann t, myc ommentary. Thew ritaisnsgesm ibnlt ehdvi osl uamreei ,nt hmea ilne,c ­ turneo ttehsaw te rnee vienrt enfdoeprdu blicAalttihoonu.g h changheasvb ee emna dweh erteh weo rdionrpg u nctuation seemuendg rammaotrii ncsaulf ficcileetnahtrseul,b y s tahnacse nobte eanl teedar,n tdh erye ttahienoi rri gfironmaa lsn otfeosr lecetsTu.rh utsh ceo nteonft thsvi osl usmheo uilnd w naoby e mistafkoefirnn ischoemdp osiTthiero enassf.oo tnrh ebieri ng madea vailiassb ilmep tloyg ivaec cetsois d eoafss ignal imoprtancet-hitadhteae au st hhoerr sdeinldof lt i tvode e velop int hwea ys hhea din te.n ded Arendcti'tsa otfiso onusri cnte hsle e ctaunrde senmoitneasr weroef treant hsekre t,ac nhdys omwee rpel aiinnlayc curate. Ther esponsitbhinelo ittaeycs c foomrp aAnryeinndtgte 'xistss , theorreeef,n timrienley. Ia md eepilnyd ebttoMe adrM yc Ctahrfyo hre cro nshtealntp andu nfialiknign dnweistsh,wo huittc hhvi osl ume nwootu ld have pboesesniI ab mlo eb.l iaglestdoot he ostfta hfef Manu­ scrDiipvti osfti hoLeni broafCr oyn gretshse hiferol rpc fouolp ­ eraotni. PART ONE Texbyt Asr endt