“To Act or Not to Act”: Arendt, Hegel, and Shakespeare on Action

Filozofski Vestnik 42 (1) (2021)
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The contribution links three unusually connected suspects in order to tackle the question of human action, which is eminently at stake not only in the realms of politics and in the field of history, but also in philosophy, and, as a peculiar link between the two, theatre, namely: Hannah Arendt, G.W.F. Hegel, and William Shakespeare. And In order to connect all three authors and their respective fields of philosophy, politics, and theatre as regards the particular issue of action, the starting point will be the figure of Achilles as portrayed in Homer’s Iliad.

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Arendt and Hegel on the tragic nature of action.Allen Speight - 2002 - Philosophy and Social Criticism 28 (5):523-536.
Javnost in filozofska invencija resnice.Jure Simoniti - 2013 - Filozofski Vestnik 34 (3).

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