The Vita Activa and the Modern Age
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The Vita Activa and the Modern Age is a major section of Hannah Arendt’s philosophical work The Human Condition that examines how modernity has transformed active human life—labor, work, and action—and their place in the public and political realm.
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| The Vita Activa and the Modern Age canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book section
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philosophical text ⓘ |
| analyzes |
decline of the public sphere
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earth alienation ⓘ impact of modern science on politics ⓘ relationship between labor, work, and action ⓘ rise of the social ⓘ transformation of active life in modernity ⓘ world alienation ⓘ |
| author | Hannah Arendt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buildsOn |
Aristotelian distinction between bios theoretikos and bios praktikos
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classical Greek political thought ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | vita contemplativa ⓘ |
| critiques |
instrumental rationality in politics
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modern elevation of labor ⓘ reduction of politics to administration ⓘ |
| examines |
conditions of political freedom
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historical shift from action to labor ⓘ loss of stable common world ⓘ modern concept of progress ⓘ role of technology in modern life ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
labor–work–action distinction
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natality ⓘ plurality ⓘ public space of appearance ⓘ worldliness ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Martin Heidegger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influences |
contemporary political theory
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debates on modernity ⓘ theories of public sphere ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | early chapters of The Human Condition ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
action
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human condition ⓘ labor ⓘ modernity ⓘ political realm ⓘ public realm ⓘ vita activa NERFINISHED ⓘ work ⓘ |
| partOf | The Human Condition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
political philosophy
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social philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1958 ⓘ |
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