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Między spotkaniem a mijaniem. Rahel Varnhagen, Hannah Arendt, Judith Butler

2020

The article is an attempt at capturing the relationship between the lives and creative attitudes of Rahel Varnhagen, Hannah Arendt and Judith Butler. Starting with Varnhagen’s biography written by Arendt, the essay’s author wonders about the philosopher’s writing strategy. Instead of a classic reconstruction of life, the biographer offers a collage of excerpts from Rahel’s letters with extensive commentary. This form encourages one to read Rahel Varnhagen as a narration about the author and her own struggle with Jewish and female identity. The second relationship analysed in the essay is the impact of Hannah Arendt’s texts on Judith Butler’s writings. Despite the criticism of the philosophe…

Les dernières lettres de Rahel Varnhagen et Pauline Zwiesel

2008

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Rêve de vie, vie rêvée. Sur les lettres et amitiés de Rahel Varnhagen

2003

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The responsibility of the pariah : the impact of Bernard Lazare on Arendt's conception of political action and judgement in extreme situations

1996