The concept of democratic freedom refers to more than the kind of freedom embodied by political institutions and procedures. Democratic freedom can only be properly understood if it is grasped as the expression of a culture of freedom that encompasses an entire form of life. Juliane Rebentisch's systematic and historical approach demonstrates that we can learn a great deal about the democratic culture of freedom from its philosophical critics.

From Plato to Carl Schmitt, the critique of democratic culture has always been articulated as a critique of its Aaestheticization."...

The concept of democratic freedom refers to more than the kind of freedom embodied by political institutions and procedures. Democratic freedom can only be properly understood if it is grasped as the expression of a culture of freedom that encompasses an entire form of life. Juliane Rebentisch's systematic and historical approach demonstrates that we can learn a great deal about the democratic culture of freedom from its philosophical critics.

From Plato to Carl Schmitt, the critique of democratic culture has always been articulated as a critique of its Aaestheticization."...

In zehn hochkonzentrierten Kapiteln legt Juliane Rebentisch Hannah Arendts politische Philosophie der Pluralität frei und diskutiert sie im Horizont gegenwärtiger Debatten. Politik und Wahrheit, Flucht und Staatenlosigkeit, Sklaverei und Rassismus, Kolonialismus und Nationalsozialismus, Moral und Erziehung, Diskriminierung und Identität sowie Kapitalismus und Demokratie sind die Stichworte der entsprechenden Auseinandersetzungen. Indem sie den Fokus auf das Motiv der Pluralität legt, lässt Rebentisch in diesen unterschiedlichen thematischen Kontexten jeweils den...