Common Sense, Power and Freedom. Interpreting Hobbes from Arendt’s Philosophy

Authors

  • Edgar Straehle Porras Author Universidad de Barcelona

Keywords:

Hannah Arendt, Thomas Hobbes, common sense, power, freedom, authority.

Abstract

This paper studies Arendt’s critical interpretation of Hobbes’philosophy. The goal is to examine the confrontation of its antagonisticconceptions of politics based on the different understanding of key termssuch as common sense, freedom and power. This analysis shows how theconflict largely revolves around the reduction or not of those categories to thesubjective or private sphere.

DOI: 10.5294/pecu.2015.18.2.6

 

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Author Biography

Edgar Straehle Porras, Universidad de Barcelona

Licenciado por filosofía, historia y antropología por la Universidad de Barcelona. Máster de Estudios Avanzados de Filosofía en la Universidad de Complutense de Madrid. Investigador y docente de la Universidad de Barcelona.

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Published

2016-07-18

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Research Articles

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