Planetary Politics

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Arendt, Anarchy and the Climate Crisis

Lucy Benjamin (University of Edinburgh)

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English

Edinburgh University Press
31 May 2026

Social & political philosophy; Political science & theory; Political activism; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Global warming

Critical political theory has been transformed since the declaration of the Anthropocene in the early 2000s. However, a substantive account of a planetary politics, which begins by understanding politics as planetary

as opposed to politics applied to the planet

is yet to be developed. Planetary Politics: Arendt, Anarchy and the Climate Crisis offers precisely such an account of political theory. Rereading the key works of Hannah Arendt, it suggests that Arendt was a theorist of the planet and that claims of hers, such as the fact that 'plurality is the law of the earth,' have been radically overlooked. Recovering these moments in Arendt's writing, this book makes the case for a planetary anarchism and the restaging of revolutionary politics.

By: Lucy Benjamin (University of Edinburgh)
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781399544979
ISBN 10: 1399544977
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 31 May 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lucy Benjamin is a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh

Reviews for Planetary Politics: Arendt, Anarchy and the Climate Crisis

Planetary Politics offers a highly sophisticated and compelling reading of Arendt as a planetary thinker. Based on Arendt's own phenomenological claim that human beings are born into collectivities that pre-exist and then survive their own life, Benjamin adds our geographic location on one vulnerable planet to the mix. This is a treasure trove of a book that does a deep dive into a thinker about whom you may think there is not a lot more to say. With Benjamin's reading, Arendt leaps into full vivid relevance and power, making her speak both to our own time and to the planet's future. -- James Martel, San Francisco State University These are darkening times for humanity and the planet. If there is to be hope, it has to be earned. In this indispensable book, Benjamin earns the right to hope by offering an unflinching look at where we are and taking up the collective work of imagining new histories of the future. -- Anne O'Byrne, Stony Brook University