Republicanism between freedom and fear: A counterpoint between Hannah Arendt and Judith Nisse Shklar
ABSTRACTThe following article analyzes the uses of freedom and fear in a selection of textswritten by Hannah Arendt and Judith Shklar. The aim is to question republicanismon the basis of two passions that equally constitute it: the love of living freely andthe fear of losing this independence to an...
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Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades.
2023
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| Sumario: | ABSTRACTThe following article analyzes the uses of freedom and fear in a selection of textswritten by Hannah Arendt and Judith Shklar. The aim is to question republicanismon the basis of two passions that equally constitute it: the love of living freely andthe fear of losing this independence to an arbitrary and violent power. From thisapproach, the structuring and problematic cores of republicanism are not thereasons or public virtues but the emotions that legitimize feeling personally andpolitically free.Why establish a counterpoint between Arendt and Shklar? Beyond the biographicalconvergences and interpretative divergences in the history of political thought,Arendt's republicanism unfolds in its complexity from a contrast with Shklar, whoseconceptions of freedom and of political emotions and institutions put a strain onliberalism, a tradition to which she is often related.The argument is developed in three moments. The first section analyzes thepositions of Hannah Arendt and Judith Shklar on freedom are compared. The secondfocuses on the use that each of these authors makes of fear as a political passion. Thefinal section addresses the implications of Arendt's and Shklar's reflections onfreedom and fear for the republican tradition and contemporary liberaldemocracies. |
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