Oases in the desert: Hannah Arendt on democratic politics. From: American Political Science Review | Date: March 1, 1994| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1994 American Political Science Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Political scientist Hannah Arendt is often viewed as an opponent of democracy because of her frequent criticism of liberal democracy and defense of political elites in her work, 'On Revolution.' However, a closer examination of Arendt's work will show that she actually advocated a new form of grass-roots democracy and that her conception of a politiac elite is decidedly democratic in character.

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