{"product_id":"arendt-kant-and-the-enigma-martin-blumenthal-barby-9780810145474","title":"Arendt, Kant, and the Enigma of Judgment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA nuanced extrapolation of Hannah Arendt's theory of judgment through her highly provocative reading of Immanuel Kant\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e More than a half century after it was first published, Hannah Arendt's \u003ci\u003eOrigins of Totalitarianism\u003c\/i\u003e rose to the top of best-seller lists as readers grappled with the triumph of Trumpism. \u003ci\u003eArendt, Kant, and the Enigma of Judgment\u003c\/i\u003e directs our attention to her later thought, the posthumously published and highly provocative \u003ci\u003eLectures on Kant's Political Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e. Martin Blumenthal-Barby puts this work in dialogue with Arendt's other writings, including her notes on Kant's \u003ci\u003eCritique of Judgment\u003c\/i\u003e, to outline her own theory of judgment for the twentieth century. In an era of post-truths and artificial intelligence, the idea that authentic judgment--for example, the ability to distinguish right from wrong--is incommensurable with abstract, automated processes lies at the center of Arendt's late work and at the fore of our collective reckoning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rather than presenting us with a fixed account, Blumenthal-Barby suggests, Arendt's drawing and redrawing of conceptual distinctions is itself an enactment of judgment, a process that challenges and complicates what she says at every turn. In so doing, Arendt, in thoroughly Kantian fashion, establishes judgment as a performative category that can never be taught but only demonstrated. As sharp as it is timely, this incisive book reminds us why a shared reality matters in a time of intense political polarization and why the democratic project, vulnerable as it may appear today, crucially depends on it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Blumenthal-Barby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810145472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810145474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.91w x 0.47d","brand":"Martin Blumenthal-Barby","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070848528639,"sku":"9780810145474","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4e55b1f-0364-4d58-93c1-2ec10371bcc6.jpg?v=1685432689","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/arendt-kant-and-the-enigma-martin-blumenthal-barby-9780810145474","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}