Political action in Hannah Arendt / Ação Política em Hannah Arendt

AUTOR(ES)

Renata Romolo Brito

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

The present work intends to analyze Arendt?s claim that politics is not a means to an end. We aim to show that Arendt?s refusal in accepting the category of ends and means in the political realm does not mean that action has no purpose or specific objectives, but, on the contrary, that action?s constitution does not depend on its suitability in achieving its purposes or objectives. To achieve this, we intend to analyze Arendt?s critique of utilitarianism, and then to reflect on Arendt?s notion of the greatness of action, based on an analogy with the notion of the beauty. We then reflect upon two events examined by Arendt as proper political actions, in order to demonstrate the nature of these said actions and its capacity of transcending motives and objectives. We also examine some critiques directed at her philosophy. The main idea of this dissertation is that action, according to Arendt, is based in human plurality and that the possibility of the continual of this plurality is the source of action?s constitution

ASSUNTO(S)

utilitarismo pluralismo political philosophy pluralism ciencia politica - filosofia utilitarianism

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