El miedo político bajo el prisma de Hannah Arendt

Authors

  • Maximiliano Korstanje Universidad de Palermo

Keywords:

Fear, security, vita active, Arendt, totalitarianism

Abstract

Although the fear is a grounding emotion present in all beings, only humans tend to structure it not only by manipulation of the environment but also the time reference. In consequence, humankind can make from fear a geographical landscape or even a narrative. Every society experiences a diversity of frights based on the disparities of their cultural restructuration. Nevertheless, only the fear (by means of the feeling of insecurity) allows the passage from democracy to dictatorship. In such a context, this article places under the lens of scrutiny four valuable works, authored by Hannah Arendt, What is politics?, The Human Condition, Eichmann in Jerusalem and The Origins of Totalitarianism.

Published

2014-05-26