The Troubled Legitimation of Hannah Arendt in the German and Italian Intellectual Field: 1962–2015

Abstract

The aim of the chapter is to compare Arendt’s reception in both the intellectual and academic fields of two European countries, Germany and Italy, which experienced similar transformations in correspondence with three global conjunctures of crises: the defeat of fascist regimes, the student protest in 1968, and the end of the cold war. The main goal is to understand to what extent these social and political moments of crisis had similar impacts on the rebirth and development of the social sciences and humanities in the two countries and, as a consequence, how they conditioned the ways in which Hannah Arendt has been received and eventually consecrated.

Appendices

Appendix 1: German Core Authors of Works on Arendt

Name	Discipline	Reception	Career	Last position	N. work	Period
Ernst Vollrath	Philosophy	Mid	y	H	3	1972–1996
Alfons Söllner	Political theory	Mid	y	H	6	1987–2011
Wolfgang Heuer	Political theory	Early	n	L	9	1987–2011
Karl Heinz Breier	Political theory	Early	y	H	5	1992–2012
Otto Kallscheuer	Political theory	Mid	y	H	4	1993–2010
Barbara Hahn	Literature	Mid	y	H	4	1994–2012
Antonia Grunenberg	Political theory	Late	y	H	9	1995–2013
Roland Schindler	Sociology	Early	n	/	3	1996–2003
Christina Schues	Philosophy	Early	n	L	5	1997–2011
Rahel Jaeggi	Philosophy	Early	n	L	5	1997–2008
Winfried Thaa	Political theory	Middle	y	H	7	1997–2011
Grit Strassenberger	Political theory	Early	y	M	4	1999–2015
Christa Schnabl	Theology	Early	y	M	3	1999–2009
Hauke Brunkhorst	Sociology	Late	n	H	4	1999–2011
Waltraud Meints-Stender	Political education	Early	n	L	5	1999–2012
Annette Vowinckel	History	Early	n	M	5	1999–2004
Christina Thürmer-Rohr	Educational science	Late	n	H	4	2000–2006
Claudia Althaus	Social science	Early	n	/	4	2000–2007
Micha Brumlik	Educational science	Late	n	H	4	2003–2008
Julia Schulze	Political theory	Early	y	m	5	2003–2015
Lars Rensmann	Political theory	Early	y	H	3	2003–2010
Christian Volk	Political theory	Early	y	m	5	2005–2015
Peter Trawny	Philosophy	Middle	n	H	5	2005–2008
Thomas wild	Literature	Early	n	l	3	2005–2009
Liliane Weissberg	Literature	Late	n	H	4	2005–2012
Olivier Marchart	Political philosophy/sociology	Early	n	H	3	2005–2007
Stefanie Rosenmüller	Philosophy of law	Early	y	m	5	2007–2015

Appendix 2: Italian Core Authors of Works on Arendt

Name	Discipline	Reception	Career	Last position	N. work	Period
Pier Paolo Portinaro	Political philosophy	Early	n	H	4	1983–1987
Teresa Serra	Political philosophy	Early	y	H	5	1984–2012
Alessandro dal Lago	Sociology	Early	y	H	5	1985–2006
Roberto Esposito	Literature/h. pol. Th./theor. Philosophy	Early	y	H	8	1985–2001
Simona Forti	History of political thought	Early	y	H	10	1988–2008
Adriana Cavarero	Political philosophy	Middle	y	H	6	1989–2008
Francesco Fistetti	History of philosophy	Middle	y	H	7	1989–2007
Laura Boella	Moral philosophy	Middle	y	H	9	1991–2015
Paolo Costa	Philosophy	Early	y	M	4	1993–2003
Elena Taviani	Esthetics	Early	y	H	4	1993–2013
Alessandra papa	Moral philosophy	Early	n	L	3	1993–2010
Laura Bazzicalupo	Political philosophy	Early	y	H	8	1993–2005
Eugenia Parise	History of political thought	?	y	H	4	1993–2010
Renata Viti Cavaliere	Theoretical philosophy	Middle	y	H	12	1995–2006
Luca Savarino	Political philosophy	Early	n	m	6	1996–2003
Ilaria Possenti	Philosophy/political philosophy	Early	y	m	3	1998–2005
Olivia Guaraldo	Political philosophy	Early	y	h	5	1999–2014
Paolo Terenzi	Sociology	Early	y	h	4	1999–2005
Giorgio Rizzo	Theoretical philosophy	Early	n	m	3	2004–2014
Natascia Matteucci	Political philosophy	Early	n	h	3	2008–2013
Ruggero D’Alessandro	Sociology	Late	n	/	3	2011–2015