The Concept of Political Freedom in Hannah Arendt
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https://doi.org/10.30854/anf.v20.n34.2013.64Keywords:
Political freedom, plurality, birth, action, republicanism.Abstract
Objective: to systematically present the ideas of political freedom in the works of Hannah Arendt and the way she uses that concept to deal with the terrible effects of Totalitarianism as well as the claim of republicanism as a political system of virtuous, exceptional and free men.
Methodology: it is a theoretical evaluation of the works of Hannah Arendt. Concepts such as political freedom, plurality, birth, action, totalitarianism and republicanism are analyzed. Based on this review, spaces for the development of political freedom are defined and ontological, anthropological, political and pre-political conditions of this concept are established.
Results: the contextualization related to the reach of political freedom
and its supporting concepts. Also, it deals with the agonizing tension between spaces of appearance favorable for the development of political freedom and the scientific and technical transformation, which favored working animals over free and action men.
Conclusions: there are warnings about the danger represented by totalitarianism in this era. Likewise, although it has an Aristotelian influence, there emerges Republicanism as a demos or political community, which seeks to revitalize the plural public space; it is there where men can create their own alternatives without having to choose alternatives ready-made by the consumer society and the artificiality generated by science and technology.
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