Arendt's Solidarity

David D. Kim is Professor in the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies and Associate Vice Provost of the International Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Cosmopolitan Parables: Trauma and Responsibility in Contemporary Germany (2017).

"Kim's book is perfectly suited for our age, examining both the insights and limits of Arendt's reflections on solidarity. A pleasure to read, Arendt's Solidarity is an elegant intervention executed at levels which most scholars only dream of attaining." - Samuel Moyn, Yale University "This erudite and ambitious book offers an impassioned and rigorously documented account of 'how we read Arendt now.'" - Michael P. Steinberg, Brown University "Kim adeptly traces the evolution of Arendt's thinking from Augustinian love to her views on assimilation and beyond, highlighting her enduring focus on solidarity. As Kim illuminates, Arendt's oversights about black rage, decolonial love, and settler colonialism underscore her limitations." - Priscilla Layne, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Arendt's Solidarity brings clarity to both Arendt's lifelong preoccupation with the problem of solidarity and the question of how we should think about solidarity. A major achievement." - Rahel Jaeggi, Humboldt University of Berlin "An intentionally provocative and controversial thinker, Hannah Arendt has long been deployed, revered or demonized according to the issues and intellectual currents of the day. David D. Kim's Arendt's Solidarity offers a well-researched, highly critical reassessment of her life and oeuvre that is grounded in contemporary progressive perspectives and pieties." - Steven E. Aschheim, Times Literary Supplement "Kim raises legitimate questions about Arendt's work and personal life to show that even today, 50 years after her death, she is still a controversial work in progress. In seeking to answer these questions, the author exercises a broad command of Arendt's works, letters, and personal diaries. Recommended." - A. M. Mayer, CHOICE "Arendt's Solidarity is a key read for Arendt scholars, political theorists, and literary and cultural historians interested in Arendt as a transatlantic writer whose work has lasting relevance for understanding our contemporary political moment." - Cosima Mattner, German Studies Review "In sharing Arendt's Solidarity with the world, David Kim has effectively sown the seeds for a fresh conversation on the highlights and limitations of political solidarity - and all scholars are invited to weigh in. There is always space at the Arendtian table for those who dare to think about and imagine a better world." - Sanjana Rajagopal, Society for U.S. Intellectual History

• Abbreviations of Arendt's TitlesPreface: On the Sea of SolidarityIntroduction: International Solidarity1. Christian Neighborly Love2. Jewish Solidarity3. The Abyss4. "We Are All in the Same Boat"5. Separate and Unequal6. Against Black Power7. "There Are No Natives Here"Conclusion: "When the Chips Are Down"AcknowledgmentsNotesIndex