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It takes two to tango : leveraging Guardini’s Polarity for Political Philosophy with a focus on the state and the individual
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Guardini was a profound and versatile thinker, yet the use of his philosophy for political purposes remains strikingly underexplored. This thesis aims to structure and clarify his concept of polarity, constructing a new analytical framework based on his multiple and fragmented insights. Polarity, as Guardini conceives it, is a tense relationship between opposites that are neither contradictory nor in conflict. Within this dynamic, the poles retain their distinct identity but simultaneously rely on each other for self-definition. Then, this dissertation focuses on the polarity between the State and the individual, examining key political concepts such as personhood, mass society, individualism, and totalitarianism, comparing and complementing our polar analysis with the works of Arendt, Deneen, Tocqueville, Hayek, Ortega y Gasset, amongst others. The dissertation critiques both individualism, which isolates the person from communal structures, and totalitarianism, which absorbs individuality into an impersonal collective, asserting that a proper political order must recognize and uphold the full integrity of both the individual and the State. Beyond this inquiry, the thesis also opens the door to the vast potential of applications of Guardini’s polarity to other political topics. Ultimately, this research argues that Guardini’s thinking offers a compelling response to modernity’s fragmentation, demonstrating how polarity can serve as a structural principle to reconcile severances and reimagine political philosophy.
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Romano Guardini Philosophy of contrasts Polar philosophy Polarity Dialectics Coincidentia oppositorum Personalism Individualism Totalitarianism Marxism Massification Mass man Modernity Monism Nominalism
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