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Published on: September 28, 2018
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Summary
Hannah Arendt, though not a liberal, shared common ground with Cold War liberals. Her unexamined neo-imperial and racist entanglements highlight their own overlooked issues, particularly in Middle Eastern politics.
Area of Science:
- Political Philosophy
- Intellectual History
- Post-colonial Studies
Background:
- Hannah Arendt's complex relationship with liberalism and Cold War politics.
- The under-examined neo-imperial and racist dimensions of Cold War liberalism.
- The role of Middle Eastern politics in challenging Eurocentrism.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze Hannah Arendt's position relative to Cold War liberals.
- To reveal the unaddressed problematic entanglements within Cold War liberalism.
- To explore how Middle Eastern politics offered a critique of liberal Eurocentrism.
Main Methods:
- Comparative analysis of Arendt's work and Cold War liberal thought.
- Historical examination of Cold War liberalism's engagement with imperialism and race.
- Case study of Middle Eastern political discourse and its critique of Eurocentrism.
Main Results:
- Arendt's intellectual proximity to, yet distinctiveness from, Cold War liberals.
- Identification of significant, often ignored, neo-imperial and racist aspects of Cold War liberalism.
- Demonstration of how Middle Eastern politics provided a unique critique of liberal Eurocentrism, influenced by Arendt.
Conclusions:
- Hannah Arendt's legacy is intertwined with, yet distinct from, Cold War liberalism.
- A critical re-evaluation of Cold War liberalism necessitates confronting its imperial and racial dimensions.
- The study of Middle Eastern politics offers a crucial lens for deconstructing liberal Eurocentrism.
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