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1993

Heidegger

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Voegelin, Heidegger, And Arendt: Two's A Company, Three's A Crowd?, John Francis Burke Jan 1993

Voegelin, Heidegger, And Arendt: Two's A Company, Three's A Crowd?, John Francis Burke

Political Science Faculty Research

Hannah Arendt's political theory seemingly lends itself to both a “premodern” coupling with Eric Voegelin and a “postmodern” coupling with Martin Heidegger. Closer comparison between all three thinkers reveal not only that neither coupling is cogent, but that all three thinkers provide essential dimensions for a political theory which moves beyond such distinctions.