Political Participation and Freedom of the People: Notes on Arendtian Republicanism for Today's Disputes

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/ltdl.77047
Keywords: Arendt, political freedom, people, political participation, republicanism

Abstract

This paper derives from our research on the characterization and sources of Arendtian republicanism, and aims to intervene in the theme proposed for this issue about political participation in our contemporary democracies. In this context, we would like to place our ideas with the expectation of reintroducing, through Hannah Arendt's thought, certain aspects that we consider to be central in order to think about the republic which have been neglected in the public debate on contemporary political systems. Such are the place of the people in the republic, their function and their political dynamics in the life of institutions and in the expression of freedom in the contemporary political order. In this paper, we will argue that Arendt's reflections on the republic are intimately linked to the figure, or should we say, to the multiple figures of the people and to the role they play in the political institution of freedom

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Paula L. Hunziker, Centro de Investigaciones Filosóficas de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Licenciada y Doctora en Filosofía (UNC). Profesora de la Escuela de Filosofía de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, en las cátedras de Filosofía Contemporánea y Etica II. Se ha desempeñado como coordinadora del Área Práctica de dicha Escuela, y es la actual Coordinadora del área de Filosofía del Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades.

Julia Smola, Instituto del Desarrollo Humano - Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento

Julia Smola, es Licenciada y Doctora en Ciencia Política, con mención en filosofía Política por la Universidad de Buenos Aires y la Universidad de Paris VII - Denis Diderot. Es Investigadora docente del área Política del Instituto del Desarrollo Humano - Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento. Es Profesora Adjunta regular en la materia Teoría Política Clasica, ha sido coordinadora académica de la Especialización en Filosofía Política (IDH-UNGS) y actualmente es Directora de la Licenciatura en Estudios Políticos (IDH-UNGS)

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Published
2022-01-17
How to Cite
Hunziker P. L. y Smola J. (2022). Political Participation and Freedom of the People: Notes on Arendtian Republicanism for Today’s Disputes. Las Torres de Lucca. International Journal of Political Philosophy, 11(1), 79-88. https://doi.org/10.5209/ltdl.77047
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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2022): Philosophy of Political Participation
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