HANNAH ARENDT, PRAWO DO POSIADANIA PRAW I WYZWANIA WSPÓŁCZESNOŚCI
HANNAH ARENDT, THE RIGHT TO HAVE RIGHTS AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES
Author(s): Ewa Wyrębska-ÐermanovićSubject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Migration Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Arendt; Kant; Benhabib; Höffe; the rights of man; migrants; nationality; citizenship;
Summary/Abstract: The article delivers a commentary to Hannah Arendt’s 1949 essay The Rights of Man. What Are They? The author argues, that the concept of “the right to have rights”, which Arendt introduced in this early text, bears significant relevance for contemporary political situation worldwide. The subsequent parts of the article (1) present the two fundamental features of the situation of the rightless, which are brought up by Arendt, (2) describe “the right to have rights” as an insurmountable problem of modern times and (3) refer to possible solutions of the issue proposed by O. Höffe and S. Benhabib.
Journal: Internetowy Magazyn Filozoficzny HYBRIS
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 48
- Page Range: 1-12
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Polish