1. Arendt sees labor, historically central to the private
world, has now moved so that much of society has become centered on it, at the
expense of the public sphere. What does she mean? Why is this a bad thing?
2. In her discussion of Labor, Arendt pays respect to Marx,
but says she will be critical of him. Why does Arendt challenge the
significance of Marx’s vision of the growing power of the working class.
3. Arendt is often credited with reemphasizing the ideas of
the Greek polis and using them to evaluate the contemporary world. How does the
concept of ‘action’, support that view.
4. Compare Arendt with Aristotle, Machiavelli and Locke on
the importance of the public sphere.
Application 1: When does an artist produce a work, and when
action?
Application 2: Using
Arendt’s frame of reference, what would she advise those miners in West
Virginia who lost work when their mine closed?
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