The political detour of Arendt’s thesis on Augustine
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Arendt, Augustine, Action, Memory, ConfidenceAbstract
Arendt's thesis on Augustine (Der Liebesbegriff bei Augustin / Love in Augustine) ”“ presented in 1929 and revised by the author between the 1950’s and 1960’s ”“ is usually taken as a work of youth and therefore neglected by her readers. Against this trend, this paper suggests that we can find in these writings the emergence of themes that will be transposed in later Arendt's efforts to illuminate the political experience. My aim here consists in presenting a general comment on this thesis, indicating its possible similarities with the texts from her maturity, especially with regard to three issues: the revelation of a singular being through action; the role of memory and narrative in the constitution of our existence; and confidence as the only guarantee for our agreements and promises.
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