Political Friendship by caring for the world: on politics and responsibility in the work of Hannah Arendt

Abstract

Arendt’s thinking is based on the experience of Totalitarianism, the
complete destruction of politics, the interpersonal space and humanity
itself and the conclusion that our civilization is inherently fragile.
Consequently, Arendt developed a new definition of politics and its
phenomena from the perspective of an interdependent plurality
excluding all aspects of violence and sovereignty. Her insights allow
us today a better understanding of the weakness of assumed strong governments like that of the US or of Venezuela distinguishing between the habits of strong leaders and the political action of responsable citizens in the tradition of Aristoteles’ public friendship.