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Immigrants' Rights in the Public Sphere: Hannah Arendt's Concepts Reconsidered

Immigrants' Rights in the Public Sphere: Hannah Arendt's Concepts Reconsidered © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/187219109X447449 Societies Without Borders 4 (2009) 141–157 brill.nl/swb S W B Immigrants’ Rights in the Public Sphere: Hannah Arendt’s Concepts Reconsidered Mariana San Martín University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Received 15 December 2008; accepted 2 February 2009 Abstract Based on Arendt’s concepts of public and private spheres, immigration issues can be approached from an emphasis on how the most fundamental of all human rights, which is being denied to immigrants, is the most basic constituent of the human condition: the ability to interact in the public realm through action and speech. Th e granting of this right would enable immigrants to become unique human beings, with the capacity for transfor- mation. As they are presently deprived of these and other rights, they are confi ned to the most primitive sphere, that is, the one of pure survival. Th erefore, a diff erentiation must be made between dissimilarities in the nature of reception and treatment of diverse immi- grants’ groups. Keywords immigration, Hannah Arendt, public sphere, America, Europe Deepening an Understanding of Immigrants’ Lives through Arendt’s Categories In order to delve into the phenomenon of the millions of people who are living http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Societies Without Borders Brill

Immigrants' Rights in the Public Sphere: Hannah Arendt's Concepts Reconsidered

San Martín, Mariana
Societies Without Borders , Volume 4 (2): 141 – Jan 1, 2009
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/187219109X447449 Societies Without Borders 4 (2009) 141–157 brill.nl/swb S W B Immigrants’ Rights in the Public Sphere: Hannah Arendt’s Concepts Reconsidered Mariana San Martín University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Received 15 December 2008; accepted 2 February 2009 Abstract Based on Arendt’s concepts of public and private spheres, immigration issues can be approached from an emphasis on how the most fundamental of all human rights, which is being denied to immigrants, is the most basic constituent of the human condition: the ability to interact in the public realm through action and speech. Th e granting of this right would enable immigrants to become unique human beings, with the capacity for transfor- mation. As they are presently deprived of these and other rights, they are confi ned to the most primitive sphere, that is, the one of pure survival. Th erefore, a diff erentiation must be made between dissimilarities in the nature of reception and treatment of diverse immi- grants’ groups. Keywords immigration, Hannah Arendt, public sphere, America, Europe Deepening an Understanding of Immigrants’ Lives through Arendt’s Categories In order to delve into the phenomenon of the millions of people who are living

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Societies Without Borders – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2009

Keywords: EUROPE; AMERICA; PUBLIC SPHERE; IMMIGRATION; HANNAH ARENDT

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