Explore/Sources/On RevolutionbookOn RevolutionHannah ArendtArendt, Hannah. On Revolution. New York: Viking Press, 1963.Open in graphPreviousHannah Arendt — Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of EvilNextHannah Arendt — On ViolenceRelated concepts2 conceptsRelated concepts2 conceptsConceptLegitimacyLegitimacy names the standing that lets authority coordinate without constant coercion. It becomes important when scale, abstraction, or time separate decision-makers from lived consequence. It helps preserve trust and willing participation, but can fail when smooth operation is mistaken for moral standing or when scrutiny is treated as disloyalty. It differs from alignment because legitimacy still invites proportionate inquiry; alignment can bind through belonging signals alone.View Concept →ConceptPublic interpretationPublic interpretation names evaluative activity that still connects reasons to standing across boundaries. It becomes important whenever legitimacy depends on more than enforcement or belonging alone. It helps preserve contestability and repair, but can fail when communication intensifies while evaluative space vanishes. It differs from private understanding because public interpretation must be able to matter publicly; it differs from interpretive collapse because collapse is the loss of this shared function, not failed comprehension alone.View Concept →Related books1 bookRelated books1 bookBookWhen Moral Seriousness ScalesJudgment Under Distance and PressureAn exploration of how moral responsibility changes under scale, speed, and institutional distance, and how to preserve humane judgment anyway.View book
ConceptLegitimacyLegitimacy names the standing that lets authority coordinate without constant coercion. It becomes important when scale, abstraction, or time separate decision-makers from lived consequence. It helps preserve trust and willing participation, but can fail when smooth operation is mistaken for moral standing or when scrutiny is treated as disloyalty. It differs from alignment because legitimacy still invites proportionate inquiry; alignment can bind through belonging signals alone.View Concept →
ConceptPublic interpretationPublic interpretation names evaluative activity that still connects reasons to standing across boundaries. It becomes important whenever legitimacy depends on more than enforcement or belonging alone. It helps preserve contestability and repair, but can fail when communication intensifies while evaluative space vanishes. It differs from private understanding because public interpretation must be able to matter publicly; it differs from interpretive collapse because collapse is the loss of this shared function, not failed comprehension alone.View Concept →
BookWhen Moral Seriousness ScalesJudgment Under Distance and PressureAn exploration of how moral responsibility changes under scale, speed, and institutional distance, and how to preserve humane judgment anyway.View book
