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Abstract
Recent debates between affect theorists and cognitivists of emotion indicate a decided lack of common understanding of crucial terms and concepts. In this paper, I set out to partially remedy this problem by addressing the crucially post-Kantian philosophical background for debates over the conceptuality of experience. To this end, I evaluate Linda Zerilli’s conceptualist reading of Arendt and argue that there are strong Arendtian grounds for requiring nonconceptual content. I conclude the paper with a speculative comparison of Arendt and Deleuze’s reading of reflective judgment in order to indicate a basis for a nonconceptualist theory of political judgment.