Article
Receptivity and Judgment
Ethics & Global Politics
(2011)
Abstract
Both judgment and receptivity are important to optimal politics, and both are important to each other. In making this argument, I use an Arendtian conception of judgment and take mindfulness as an example of receptivity. I argue that receptivity offers a needed dimension to addressing the puzzles of what makes Arendtian judgment possible, and that judgment provides a necessary complement to receptivity for action in the world. Exploring this complementary relation between judgment and receptivity also reveals a surprising similarity between what each offers to the practice of politics, in particular to freedom and the possibility of transformation. At the same time, I argue, these important contributions to politics are best understood and realized if judgment and receptivity are thought of as distinct forms of relating to the world.
Disciplines
Publication Date
December 20, 2011
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3402/egp.v4i4.15116
Citation Information
Jennifer Nedelsky. "Receptivity and Judgment" Ethics & Global Politics Vol. 4 Iss. 4 (2011) p. 231 - 254 ISSN: 1654-6369 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jennifer-nedelsky/46/