ABSTRACT In the Lectures on Kant’s Political Philosophy, Arendt mistakenly depends on judgment for the creation of a common world. (Linda Zerilli’s work is the best account of this strain in Arendt’s thought.) Instead, this article argues that Arendt’s accounts of promises in The Human Condition and of constitutions in On Revolution point to the preconditions for all acts of judgment. In other words, the world must be constituted prior to judgment. And that world-creation relies on collective speech acts. Only with that framework in place does the process of judgment, understood as the intersubjective exchanges that involve wooing the consent of the other, become possible.

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Review Article| October 01 2003 Responses from the Editors of The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism William E. Cain; William E. Cain Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Laurie Finke; Laurie Finke Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Barbara Johnson; Barbara Johnson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Vincent B. Leitch; Vincent B. Leitch Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google John McGowan; John McGowan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Jeffrey J. Williams Jeffrey J. Williams Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Pedagogy (2003) 3 (3): 468–478. https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-3-3-468 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation William E. Cain, Laurie Finke, Barbara Johnson, Vincent B. Leitch, John McGowan, Jeffrey J. Williams; Responses from the Editors of The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. Pedagogy 1 October 2003; 3 (3): 468–478. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-3-3-468 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsPedagogy Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2003 Duke University Press2003 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Roundtable: : The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism You do not currently have access to this content.