Ray, Larry, Diemling, Maria (2016) Arendt’s ‘Conscious Pariah’ and the Ambiguous Figure of the Subaltern. European Journal of Social Theory, 19 (4). pp. 503-520. ISSN 1368-4310. E-ISSN 1461-7137. (doi:10.1177/1368431016628261) (KAR id:53565)
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Abstract
Hannah Arendt’s Jewish writings were central to her thinking about the human condition and engaged with dialectics of modernity, universalism and identity. Her concept of the ‘conscious pariah’ attempted both to define a role for the public intellectual and understand the relationship between Jews and modernity. Controversially she accused Jews of lack resistance to the Nazis and argued that their victimization resulted from apolitical ‘worldlessness’. We argue that although Arendt’s analysis was original and challenging, her characterization of Jewish history as one of ‘powerlessness’ is exaggerated but, more importantly, her underdeveloped concept of ‘the social’ is insensitive to the complex modalities of resistance and consciousness among subaltern Jewish communities. Further, her lack of interest in religious observance obscures the importance of Judaism as a resource for resistance. This is illustrated by ‘hidden transcripts’ of Jewish resistance from the early modern period.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1177/1368431016628261 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Arendt, conscious pariah, Judaism, powerlessness, resistance |
Subjects: |
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BM Judaism H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JC Political theory |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research |
Depositing User: | Laurence Ray |
Date Deposited: | 04 Jan 2016 14:40 UTC |
Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2022 12:20 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/53565 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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