About the Revolution - About the Revolution

Japanese: 《革命について》 - かくめいについて
About the Revolution - About the Revolution

…In it, human active life is considered from three aspects: labor, work, and activity, and it is said that the root of the crisis of modern society is the loss of human meaning in work and activity under the dominance of labor. Believing that the crisis of modern society is rooted in the loss of the polis-like public world, she discussed the modern significance of revolution as the creation of a public sphere in On Revolution (1963). Arendt's lifelong goal was to discover the human condition of modern society by confronting the pathological aspects of modern society that gave birth to totalitarianism. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "About the Revolution" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そこでは,人間の活動的生活が労働,仕事,活動の三つの側面から考察され,労働の優位のもとで仕事や活動の人間的意味を見失ったことに,現代社会の危機の根源があるとされている。現代社会の危機がポリス的公共世界の喪失に根ざしていると考えた彼女は,《革命について》(1963)で公的領域創設としての革命の現代的意義を論じた。全体主義を生み出した現代社会の病理的側面と対決することで,現代社会の人間的条件を見いだすことがアレントの生涯の課題であった。…

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出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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