The appearence of freedom in Hannah Arendt's thought
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https://doi.org/10.20873/rpv6n2-13Abstract
This paper aims to make an interpretation of the concept of freedom in Hannah Arendt’s thought from the notion of appearance. Therefore, I explain the distinction by which the author understands the originality and specificity of political freedom compared to inner freedom (of thought and/or will) and liberation. Then, I develop the argument that the emergence of public freedom has a co-originated relationship with politics. From this perspective, what stands out is the performativity of human freedom, an element that refers to Machiavellian virtù and that gives freedom its own political dimension. Thus, it appears that the meaning of free political action is not subjugated to purposes or causes, but rather to its own execution. Freedom gains a dimension of worldly dignity and affirms the glory and beauty of action: human plurality emerges as a condition not only of politics, but of freedom, given that its realization is intrinsically linked to plural human action in a common world.
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