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When Arendt Meets Tragedy: Hannah Arendt's Apology for the Democratic Values of Tragedy
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Academic journal
Author
Seung Cho (로체스터 대학교)
Journal
한국비평이론학회 비평과이론 비평과이론 제26권 제3호 KCI Accredited Journals
Published
2021.10
Pages
321 - 348 (28page)

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When Arendt Meets Tragedy: Hannah Arendt's Apology for the Democratic Values of Tragedy
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This paper examines the democratic virtues of tragedy represented in Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition and On Revolution. It argues that tragedy yields significant contributions to the making of democracy. Tragedy’s democratic characteristics are studied from various perspectives throughout the paper. Tragedy is interpreted as the direct representation of the public realm that gives essential significance to human existence within the flux of speech and action, transforming each individual into a unique political self. It also receives critical attention in terms of its mimetic remembrance that preserves and perpetuates one’s remarkable political deeds, committed to human flourishing beyond his or her individual interest. The importance of this ritualized remembrance cues another discussion about how tragedy propagates the ethos of homonoia (same-mindedness) by connecting one’s personal identity, primarily defined by political action, to a wide context of plurality without harming the essence of both. Building from these points, the paper discusses how tragedy functions as the archive of democratic revolutions and their failure, thereby catalyzing future revolutions dedicated to establishing a lasting institution, which guarantees more political freedom and rights of individual political bodies. By studying Arendt’s apology of tragedy, the paper attests to the usefulness of tragedy not only as a literary mode but also as a practical mode of political action in the public realm.

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