关键词: 政治—审美判断; 康德政治哲学讲稿; 阿伦特; 康德; 后理论

Abstract:

Arendt’s theory of political-aesthetic judgment is primarily embodied in her Lectures on Kant’s Political Philosophy and other related works. She uses Kant’s Critique of Judgment as her theoretical basis and creates her own “political” ideas that enter the mind through the perceptual practice of the public realm—aesthetic judgment. She not only excavates the political essence contained in Kant’s “aesthetic judgment” in an original manner, but also constructs her own aesthetics of politics. Arendt’s theory of political-aesthetic judgment aims to reveal the defects of traditional western political philosophy, expand criticism and reflect on rational violations of freedom, and ultimately expects to achieve the political purpose of people’s freedom and authentic existence in the public domain. This is the theoretical basis for politics to enter the aesthetic category in the “post-theory” era. Thus, Arendt’s theory of political-aesthetic judgment makes tension between aesthetics and politics disappear, makes affinity show, and makes homogeneity arise. Lectures on Kant’s Political Philosophy has an immense impact on the aesthetic transformation of postmodern western political ethics and also provides a reference for how to rationally consider the issues of aesthetics, politics, and the community of human destiny for all mankind; therefore, it has current, important academic and practical significance.

Keywords: political-aesthetic judgment; Lectures on Kant’s Political Philosophy; Arendt; Kant; post-theory