Detached to Act： An Interpretation of the Arendtian Spectator  

作　　者：Hanako Koyama 

机构地区：[1]Morioka University, Iwate, Japan

出　　处：《International Relations and Diplomacy》2014年第6期389-400,共12页国际关系与外交（英文版）

摘　　要：This paper argues that political theorists have underestimated the power of detachment in political action. It tries to problematize their failure to incorporate the spectator＇s figure into their literature by indicating the modern social condition that requires an alternative mode of actorship. To achieve this goal, this paper turns to Hannah Arendt, and conducts a detailed reinterpretation of her work. It proceeds in three steps. First, it highlights the oxymoronic phrase of ＂active non-participation＂ by a non-acting spectator. Secondly, against the standard way of taking Socrates as her ideal thinker and actor, it takes up Thoreau to discover such a model while bringing the notion of detachment to her discussion of political action. Thirdly, it attempts to defend a rather unorthodox interpretative move that tries to reconcile the political and the mental modes of life in Arendt＇s work by giving a set of evidence to show her deep-seated desire to look at the tradition from a fresh point of view.

关 键 词：DISOBEDIENCE actor and spectator Hannah Arendt CONTEMPLATION Henry David Thoreau 

分 类 号：D8[政治法律—政治学]