The public realm of the Greek polis was bound neither to a specific place nor building. It could be anywhere within the polis, between private households and was characterized by antagonism rather than conformism. It was a "space of difference" held together in the middle by that common to all; a field of competition where the "fiercly agonal spirit" of each citizen was focused on the public good rather than private interests. Without the things in the middle, "wordlessness" would spread between them, and the world would be reduced to a mere sea of senselessly moving matter. In that case it would be like two people sitting opposite each other, "no longer seperated but also...entirely unrelated to each other by any thing tangible".
Denne kommentaren har blitt fjernet av forfatteren.
SvarSlettwho says so? please link when you quote.
SvarSlettsorry, i assume they are not your words.
Youre right, not my words, the one who says so is also Hanah Arendt, The Human Condition: A Study of the Central Dilemmas Facing Modern Man.
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