Homogeneous

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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

  1. Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism [Elemente und Ursprünge totaler Herrschaft] (revised ed.). (1976) [1951, New York: Schocken]Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN 9780241316757