The Factum of Plurality as a Way out of the Totalitarian Phenomenon
Hannah Arendt's world witnessed the fragility of the human condition, as reflected in her meticulous analysis in The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951). Arendt's reading of the totalitarian phenomenon reveals the extent to which public appearance and political dialogue were reduced to their...
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Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades.
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/pescadoradeperlas/article/view/34362 |
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| Sumario: | Hannah Arendt's world witnessed the fragility of the human condition, as reflected in her meticulous analysis in The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951). Arendt's reading of the totalitarian phenomenon reveals the extent to which public appearance and political dialogue were reduced to their minimum expression. To counteract the dehumanizing consequences of totalitarianism Arendt offers a vital approach to this question. She argues for the recovery of plurality, for reconnecting human beings to public life and reconstructing a sense of political community.
By analyzing the mechanisms underlying the origins of totalitarianism, Arendt confronts the disarticulation of political relations as the main consequence of the dissolution of the space between human beings and their inability to communicate with each other. However, she understands that this same atmosphere is not exclusive to the totalitarian experience, but that its germ can be reproduced again. In the face of Arendt's concern about the possible return of totalitarianism, her response will be to radically defend the public visibilization of plurality. |
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