Citation

Jalusic V. Eur. J. Womens Stud. 2002; 9(2): 103-122.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1350682002009002805

PMID

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Abstract

In this article, I try to explore some of the elements of the potential for active citizenship, as conceptualized by Hannah Arendt. Inspired by, but not limited to her work, I attempt to find some important common points of the Arendtian reconceptualization of politics and the prospects for a feminist analysis of the conditions for active citizenship and gender equality within a post-socialist context. On the other hand, I would like to show how, within an East European context, the feminist approach that wants to be useful for a concrete analysis and inspire substantial actions cannot avoid the questions of the relationship between the social and political as argued by Hannah Arendt.