August 11, 2005
I've finally been able to gain access to a laptop and internet access long enough to be able to make a post. Even though I have been lugging my books around with me whilst on the road I have been finding it difficult to post without owning a laptop. And as I'm in the process of switching to ADSL-2 (high speed broadband) at home I have no connection at home for two weeks.
Ive been reading some bits and pieces on Hannah Arendt. I am much taken by her conception of politics as theatre. In the theatre the artist is not making something but is displaying something before an audience. Unlike the artist the politician is not just displaying their skill, despite the importance of skill and judgement in politics.
Rather, political activity is self-revelatory. Those who come out into the bright light of the public realm to engage in public action cannot help revealing themselves as they try to prove themselves on the public stage.
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sorry folks.
I deleted your comments by mistake. Can you remember them?
If so can you repost them?