Toward a Karendtian theory of political evil— connecting Kant and Arendt on politicalwrongdoing

Abstract

This paper shows ways to develop, integrate, and transform Kant’s and Arendt’s theories on political evil into a unifiedKarendtian theory. Given the deep influence Kant had on Arendt’s thinking, the deep philosophical compatibility between theirprojects is not surprising. But the results of drawing on the resources left by both is exciting and groundbreaking with regard toboth political evil in general and the challenges of modernity and totalitarianism in particular.