Denial of the violence: the validity of arendtian political philosophy

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Liliana Paredes Restrepo

Abstract

According to the essence of politics, Hannah Arendt has stated a critical thesis which confronts the modern traditional philosophy: the innovation of her thought is based on the idea of politics distant from the relationship between means and ends in which are balanced and identified power, violence, discrimination, among others, but from the vital distinction between the notion of power (with its consensual and communicative character) and the idea of control and violence. The purpose of this article is to give an account of the richness, complexity, and problematic of her thesis about violence. This violence is understood as a denial of politics since it is not a marginal issue but rather a philosophical exercise of great value and undeniable validity for the study of politics and society in the XXI century.

Author Biography

Liliana Paredes Restrepo, Universidad Central

Estudiante de la Maestría en Filosofía Contemporánea y Especialista en Filosofía Contemporánea de la Universidad San Buenaventura. Especialista en comunicación – educación, Comunicadora social y periodista de la Universidad Central. Con amplia experiencia en trabajo con organizaciones sociales y empresariales en resolución de conflictos, y gestión de la comunicación. Docente Titular del Programa en Comunicación Social y Periodismo de la Universidad de La Sabana. Especial interés en temas relacionados con la gestión de la comunicación en comunidades y organizaciones sociales.