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Definition
early 17th century (as homogeneity): from medieval Latin homogeneus, from Greek homogenēs, from homos ‘same’ + genos ‘race, kind’.
Context
Problems
Hannah Arendt:[1]
- Believed that societies should be pluralistic, with people valued for their differences.
- Criticized nationalism, which she believed promoted ethnic homogeneity.
- Believed that the democratic state restricted political vocabulary and human plurality.
- Believed that the loss of community comes before the loss of rights.
- Believed that the Western philosophical tradition devalued the world of human action.
References
- ↑ Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism [Elemente und Ursprünge totaler Herrschaft] (revised ed.). (1976) [1951, New York: Schocken]Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
