Rethinking Political Judgement

Maša Mrovlje is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Edinburgh, working on the ERC-funded project 'Illuminating the Grey Zone'. Her research interests are oriented by the rubric of international political theory and the history of political thought, with a specific focus on 20th-century philosophies of existence, poststructuralist and critical theories, and their significance to issues of political judgement, responsibility, violence, resistance and transitional justice.

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Political Judgement in the History of Political Thought and the Modern Crises; 2. Sartre and Beauvoir: the Ambiguity of Political Judgement and the Challenge of Freedom and Responsibility; 3. Camus and Arendt: Confronting the Ambiguity of Political Judgement and Illuminating the Limits of the World; 4. Political Judgement and Narrativity; 5. Facing Up To the Tragedy of Political Action: the Problem of Dirty Hands; 6. Times of Transition: Reconciling With the Tragic Nature of Political Affairs; Conclusion: Reclaiming Wonder at the World of Political Affairs; Bibliography.

This book is a timely work that brings Arendt into conversation with Beauvoir, Camus, and Sartre, making a significant and valuable contribution to political theory and philosophy. It is an ambitious and extremely fruitful project concerning the need to reconsider political judgment by taking into account its ambiguous and tragic character.