Abstract
Based on Arendt's concepts of public and private spheres, immigration issues can be approached from an emphasis on how the most fundamental of all human rights, which is being denied to immigrants, is the most basic constituent of the human condition: the ability to interact in the public realm through action and speech. The granting of this right would enable immigrants to become unique human beings, with the capacity for transformation. As they are presently deprived of these and other rights, they are confined to the most primitive sphere, that is, the one of pure survival. Therefore, a differentiation must be made between dissimilarities in the nature of reception and treatment of diverse immigrants' groups.
DOI
101163/187219109X447449
Recommended Citation
San Martín.
2010.
"Immigrants' Rights in the Public Sphere: Hannah Arendt's Concepts Reconsidered."
Societies Without Borders
4 (2):
141-157.
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/swb/vol4/iss2/4