2014
DOI: 10.1017/s003467051400031x
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Authority without Foundations: Arendt and the Paradox of Postwar German Memory Politics

Abstract: Hannah Arendt argued that the American Revolution revealed for the first time that all regimes require a reference to an absolute, while the French Revolution revealed that not all absolutes are equal. The American Revolution took as its absolute the act of founding itself, upon which the authority of the constitution could be grounded. By contrast, the failure of the French Revolution to establish an authority stemmed from its reference to the transcendental absolute of the nation. Beginnings, for Arendt, are… Show more

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“…States, movements and parties rely on 'usable pasts', i.e. representations of the past that are 'usable' for the legitimization of present political action and the founding of political authority (Hoye & Nienass, 2014;Wüstenberg & Art, 2008). A nostalgic reference to a collective memory is not limited to far-right or far-left populism (De Vries & Hoffmann, 2018, p. 5).…”
Section: The Far Right Nostalgia and Prefigurative Politicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…States, movements and parties rely on 'usable pasts', i.e. representations of the past that are 'usable' for the legitimization of present political action and the founding of political authority (Hoye & Nienass, 2014;Wüstenberg & Art, 2008). A nostalgic reference to a collective memory is not limited to far-right or far-left populism (De Vries & Hoffmann, 2018, p. 5).…”
Section: The Far Right Nostalgia and Prefigurative Politicsmentioning
confidence: 99%