Woman Condition in Arendtian Public Sphere
ESKİŞEHİR OSMANGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ SOSYAL BİLİMLER DERGİSİ, vol.10, no.1, pp.235-260, 2009 (TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 10 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2009
- Journal Name: ESKİŞEHİR OSMANGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ SOSYAL BİLİMLER DERGİSİ
- Journal Indexes: TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.235-260
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Feminist scholars involved in understanding gender inequality and gender hierarchy often question major theories and the work of the main political scientists. This results in controversial debates, one of which stems from the evaluation of the well-known political thinker, Hannah Arendt, who captured the interest of many writers, particularly the feminists. In this study, critics who assess the point of view of Arendt with regards ‘the condition of woman’ are researched and investigated within a feminist perspective. An analysis of a wide range of evaluations is carried out in the study by considering her emphasis on public sphere and her robust distinction between the private and public realms. Moreover, the absence of women in the writings of the renowned woman political philosopher, Hannah Arendt is analyzed and underlined in this research. The eminent writer of “Human Condition’, and her avoidance to touch upon the woman condition, is displayed in the study aiming at investigating the Arendtian public sphere through the lenses of a large variety of political thinkers.