O pária moderno e o “direito e ter direitos”: Hannah Arendt na primeira metade do século XX (1906-1951)

Abstract

The posthumous publication of articles, letters and manuscripts by Hannah Arendt demands, as a consequence, a continuous effort to include and understand themes that are unexplored in her work. This work seeks to rescue the empirical field of Hannah Arendt's political thought, between 1906 and 1951, shedding light on the author's little-known writings, as well as their specific historical context. The Jewish question in its process of assimilation and emancipation, as well as its relationship with Zionism and Jewish communities, before, during and after the construction of Israel deserve to be understood as central themes of her thought. The image of the Jewish pariah as a culturally constructed ideal type should be seen as something central and decisive in Arendt's writings, especially during the 1930s and 1940s, mainly due to the importance of thinking about the concept through the historical-political awareness that he provided to Arendt. Just as the continuous reaffirmation of the importance of tradition in the public space, acquired through Zionist readings and their blunt criticism of the assimilation process, would mark her political writings aimed at the defense of pluralism.