Prof. Juliane Rebentisch (Princeton): Invisibility as a Political Problem. Notes on Hannah Arendt
Deutsches Haus Columbia 420 West 116th Street, New York CityHannah Arendt advocates a concept of political freedom that is intimately linked to the appearance of the person on the public stage. However, Arendt's theory of public appearance is wrested from the problems of disappearance and invisibility - under totalitarian regimes, under conditions of slavery and poverty. To better understand the intuition behind Arendt's persistent adherence to a notion of…