The Figure of the Ancient Poet-historian in Hannah Arendt

Les Cahiers Philosophiques de Strasbourg 53:159-180 (2023)
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Dans cet article, nous entendons examiner la figure du poète-historien antique dans les textes de H. Arendt. Voyant une filiation entre l’épopée d’Homère et l’historiographie d’Hérodote et de Thucydide, Arendt oppose leurs récits, qui mettent au centre les actions humaines, au concept moderne de processus, porté à son paroxysme par le totalitarisme, qui annihile, de fait, toute possibilité de penser l’action, nécessairement imprévisible. Nous soutenons qu’elle adopte cette parole narrative du poète-historien quand elle pratique elle-même le récit de vie dans Men in Dark Times (Vies politiques), narrant des vies singulières de héros, au sens d’acteurs politiques.

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Politique et liberté : Arendt et Rosa Luxemburg.Charles Boyer - 2009 - L’Enseignement Philosophique 59 (1):3-13.

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