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Tengiz Tsimnaridze<\/strong>
\nIlia State University (Georgia)<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2022-03-03<\/a><\/p>\n

Abstract.<\/strong> In this article, I intend to discuss the Arendtian conception of culture. In her influential essay \u201cCrisis in Culture: Its Social and Its Political Significance,\u201d Arendt argues that culture is at risk of disappearing under conditions of modernity. In her view, modernity is the age of mass society that leads to the destruction of culture and the development of mass culture. This is the situation Arendt has in mind when she speaks of a \u201ccrisis in culture,\u201d a situation she describes as worldlessness. Culture, according to her, is a phenomenon of the world. Because of this conviction, argues Arendt, culture has a closer relationship to politics. The article is divided into two parts. In the first part, I explore Arendt’s critical reflection on the modern attitude to culture. In the second part, I examine her analysis of the relationship between culture and politics. Throughout these parts, I suggest a reading of Arendt that illustrates her understanding of culture based on the authority of Greek and Roman thought and Kant\u2019s Critique of Judgment.
\nKeywords:<\/em> Arendt; Kant; modernity; culture; society; mass society; mass culture; politics; works of art; beauty; taste judgment;<\/p>\nLog in to read the full text<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tengiz Tsimnaridze Ilia State University (Georgia) https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2022-03-03 Abstract. In this article, I intend to discuss the Arendtian conception of culture. In her influential essay \u201cCrisis in Culture: Its Social and Its Political Significance,\u201d Arendt argues that culture is at risk of disappearing under conditions of modernity. 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