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A fissure in the distinction: Hannah Arendt, the family and the public/private dichotomy
- Author(s):
- Christopher Long (see profile)
- Date:
- 2007
- Group(s):
- Philosophy
- Subject(s):
- Philosophy
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Arendt, feminist philosophy, Womens History Month
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6DK7C
- Abstract:
- By way of an analysis of Arendt’s defense of the public/private distinction in The Human Condition, this essay attempts to offer a re-interpretation of the status of the family as a realm where the categories of action and speech play a vital role. The traditional criteria for the establishment of the public/private distinction is grounded in an idealization of the family as a sphere where a unity of interests destroys the conditions for the categories of action and speech. This essay takes issue with this assumption and argues that the traditional conception has had a pernicious effect not only on women, but on men as well. This argument is supported by locating a fissure in Arendt’s analysis of this distinction which suggests a profound structural affinity between the public realm and the family.
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- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Pub. DOI:
- 10.1177/019145379802400504
- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications
- Pub. Date:
- 2007-3-5
- Journal:
- Philosophy & Social Criticism
- Volume:
- 24
- Issue:
- 5
- Page Range:
- 85 - 104
- ISSN:
- 0191-4537
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 7 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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A fissure in the distinction: Hannah Arendt, the family and the public/private dichotomy