阿伦特是20世纪最具原创性的思想家、政治理论家之一。她的《人的境况》一书以“我们正在做什么”(1)为中心主题,对现代性困境进行深入剖析。阿伦特认为,极权主义将政治实践置于可有可无的境地,公共领域被遮蔽致使政治生活无法开展。她采用存在主义现象学方法对概念进行明确区分,将人类活动区分为界限明晰的劳动、工作和行动,在理论上回归古希腊政治哲学传统,旨在从现代社会混杂的活动中拯救出纯粹的“行 Arendt is one of the most original thinkers and political theorists in the 20th century. Her book, The Situation of Man, focuses on the theme of ”What We Are Doing “ (1), and gives an in-depth analysis of the dilemma of modernity. Arendt argues that totalitarianism puts political practice in a dispensable position and that the public sphere is obscured, making political life impossible. She uses existential phenomenology to make a clear distinction between concepts, divides human activities into well-defined work, work and actions, and theoretically returns to the ancient Greek philosophy of politics and philosophy, aiming to save purely mixed activities of modern society ”Row