Democracy, its collapse and the Jewish question. Comparing Hannah Arendt’s and Zygmunt Bauman’s philosophies

Abstract

The aim of the article is to present Hannah Arendt’s and Zygmunt Bauman’s theories of democracy and the Jewish question. The paper consists of three sections. In the first one, there are explained the main concepts of their conceptions of democracy. The second one investigates what the collapse of democracy means for both authors. The third one compares Arendt’s and Bauman’s opinions on the Jewish question. The conclusions explain the main differences and similarities between the researched theories.

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Radosław Harabin

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Radosław Harabin (2015). Democracy, its collapse and the Jewish question. Comparing Hannah Arendt’s and Zygmunt Bauman’s philosophies. Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, Sectio K: Politologia, 0(1), 103-118. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-297738