ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that an Arendtian account of solidarity is particularly appealing because it does not rely on essentialist and, thus, exclusionary notions of group identity. Instead, the account of solidarity that can be culled from Hannah Arendt's work grows out of the dialectical interplay between identity and nonidentity, between equality and distinction, that is at the heart of Hannah Arendt's understanding of political life. Despite the insights into solidarity that can be gleaned from Hannah Arendt's political theory, a significant limitation in her conception of power remains. However, violence, authority, and strength, as Hannah Arendt defines these terms, are not adequate to make sense of the kinds of domination relations in which feminists are interested. With respect to this kind of integrative approach to a feminist conception power, Hannah Arendt provides a final crucial insight.
