Abstract

ZAPATA, Guillermo. Public space and its foundation in freedom.: Political thought of Hannah Arendt. Pap.polit. [online]. 2012, vol.17, n.1, pp.159-174. ISSN 0122-4409.

The realm of being in common or public sphere is structured itself by freedom which in turn constitutes the foundation for politics. A living together structured by freedom allows both axes of the public sphere to come about: speech and action. Both turn out to be involved one another in such a way that political action remains delimited by language and acts; without these two axes, politics would be a manipulation from power and therefore would bring about violence as its consequence, which in itself is the denial of political action. Opening the sphere for actions and words sets up the world in common that qualifies citizens as responsible speakers with a power that establishes itself horizontally through the exchange of speeches, arguments and acts. Their speeches explain the meaning of their acts. No action would come about without its corresponding speech. Only violence is speechless because of its lacking in reasons and arguments, and for this reason, it is the most radical denial of the political condition.

Keywords : Public Sphere; Speech; Action; Living together; Political Condition; Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975; Criticism and interpretation; Public space; Political science, Colombia.

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