Any analysis that incorporates Arendt's conceptual distinctions is therefore susceptible to reproducing a political theory that neglects state violence in the service of White rule, yet charges those who resist it with breaching the peace. In particular, Arendt leaves legal and state violence presumed, but untheorized, focusing her critique instead on dissident action, especially that of the Black Power movement. In this article, I identify how the divisions and exclusions within her theory enable her to explicitly disavow violence on one level, while implicitly relying on a constitutive and racialized form of violence on another. Although this may make Arendt's text an appealing resource for critiques of rising political violence today, I argue that we should resist this temptation. It famously draws a distinction between power and violence and argues that the latter must be excluded from the political sphere.

Here well try to unpack Arendts definition of power, as wel. In 1933, Arendt was compelled to flee Germany due to growing Nazi oppression against Jews. Arendt also reexamines the relationship between war, politics, violence, and power. The political theorist and author of The Origins of Totalitarianism offers an incisive, deeply probing essay on violence and political power ( The Natio. She was brought up in a middle-class Jewish household in Germany. Sample Book Insights: 1 The twentieth century has been a century of wars and revolutions. An analysis of the nature, causes, and significance of violence in the second half of the twentieth century. Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Abstract : Hannah Arendt's On Violence (1970) is a seminal work in the study of political violence. Hannah Arendts On Violence makes the startling argument that Power and Violence are opposites. On Violence (Harvest Book) Paperback Bargain Price, March 11, 1970.

On Violence by Hannah Arendt