The political dimension of radical evil and the banality of evil in Hannah Arendt’s thought: Continuities and divergences
Radical evil and the banality of evil are the two ways in which Arendt has cataloged totalitarian evil at different stages of his work. The aim of this paper is to approach the different Arendtian conceptions of evil from a political perspective in order to determine whether there are continuities o...
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I15-R231-article-622021-05-05T19:56:51Z The political dimension of radical evil and the banality of evil in Hannah Arendt’s thought: Continuities and divergences La dimensión política del mal radical y de la banalidad del mal en el pensamiento de Hannah Arendt: Continuidades y divergencias Wagon, María banality of evil political dimension radical evil action judgement public space mal radical banalidad del mal dimensión polÃtica acción juicio espacio público Radical evil and the banality of evil are the two ways in which Arendt has cataloged totalitarian evil at different stages of his work. The aim of this paper is to approach the different Arendtian conceptions of evil from a political perspective in order to determine whether there are continuities or whether, on the contrary, there is an abrupt change in Arendt's thinking. The difficulty that must be faced is that the problem of evil and the political question are not issues addressed by Arendt directly but are transversal contents that must be traced in the totality of his work. It is concluded that radical evil and the banality of evil are not mutually exclusive notions but rather function as expressions that refer to two different levels, one more general and structural and the other linked to the behavior of individuals within the government structures studied. El mal radical y la banalidad del mal son las dos formas en que Arendt ha catalogado al mal totalitario en distintas etapas de su obra. El objetivo del presente trabajo es abordar las diferentes concepciones arendtianas del mal desde la perspectiva política con el fin de determinar si existen continuidades o si, por el contrario, hay un cambio abrupto en el pensamiento de Arendt. La dificultad que debe enfrentarse es que el problema del mal y las reflexiones sobre lo político no son temas abordados por Arendt de forma directa sino que son contenidos transversales que deben rastrearse en la totalidad de su obra. Se concluye que el mal radical y el mal banal no son nociones excluyentes sino que remiten a dos niveles diferentes, uno más general y estructural y el otro vinculado con el comportamiento de los individuos dentro de las estructuras gubernamentales estudiadas. Escuela de Filosofía. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes, Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2020-11-13 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed original papers. Double-blind text Artículos originales evaluados por pares. Doble ciego texto application/pdf https://cuadernosfilosoficos.unr.edu.ar/index.php/cf/article/view/62 10.35305/cf2.vi16.62 Cuadernos Filosóficos / Segunda Época; No. 16 (2019) Cuadernos Filosóficos / Segunda Época; Núm. 16 (2019) 2683-9024 1850-3667 spa https://cuadernosfilosoficos.unr.edu.ar/index.php/cf/article/view/62/87 Derechos de autor 2020 María Wagon https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0 |
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banality of evil political dimension radical evil action judgement public space mal radical banalidad del mal dimensión polÃtica acción juicio espacio público Wagon, María The political dimension of radical evil and the banality of evil in Hannah Arendt’s thought: Continuities and divergences |
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The political dimension of radical evil and the banality of evil in Hannah Arendt’s thought: Continuities and divergences |
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The political dimension of radical evil and the banality of evil in Hannah Arendt’s thought: Continuities and divergences |
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The political dimension of radical evil and the banality of evil in Hannah Arendt’s thought: Continuities and divergences |
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The political dimension of radical evil and the banality of evil in Hannah Arendt’s thought: Continuities and divergences |
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The political dimension of radical evil and the banality of evil in Hannah Arendt’s thought: Continuities and divergences |
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Radical evil and the banality of evil are the two ways in which Arendt has cataloged totalitarian evil at different stages of his work. The aim of this paper is to approach the different Arendtian conceptions of evil from a political perspective in order to determine whether there are continuities or whether, on the contrary, there is an abrupt change in Arendt's thinking. The difficulty that must be faced is that the problem of evil and the political question are not issues addressed by Arendt directly but are transversal contents that must be traced in the totality of his work. It is concluded that radical evil and the banality of evil are not mutually exclusive notions but rather function as expressions that refer to two different levels, one more general and structural and the other linked to the behavior of individuals within the government structures studied. |
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