Rethinking political judgement : Arendt and existentialism / Maša Mrovlje

Includes bibliographical references and index

Political judgement in the history of political thought and the modern crisis -- Sartre and Beauvoir: the ambiguity of political judgement and the challenge of freedom and responsibility -- Camus and Arendt: confronting the ambiguity of political judgement and illuminating the limits of the world -- Political judgement and narrativity -- Facing up to the tragedy of political action: the problem of dirty hands -- Times of transition: reconciling with the tragic nature of political affairs -- Conclusion: reclaiming wonder at the world of political affairs

How can we reinvigorate the human capacity for political judgement in our uncertain post-foundational world? This book takes up the challenge by calling on 20th-century existentialism, in particular the works of Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus and Hannah Arendt