Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Political Judgement in the History of Political Thought and the Modern Crises; 2. Sartre and Beauvoir: the Ambiguity of Political Judgement and the Challenge of Freedom and Responsibility; 3. Camus and Arendt: Confronting the Ambiguity of Political Judgement and Illuminating the Limits of the World; 4. Political Judgement and Narrativity; 5. Facing Up To the Tragedy of Political Action: the Problem of Dirty Hands; 6. Times of Transition: Reconciling With the Tragic Nature of Political Affairs; Conclusion: Reclaiming Wonder at the World of Political Affairs; Bibliography.