Hannah Arendt and the Critique of Philosophical Freedom

Volume 7|Issue 25| Summer 2018 |Articles

Abstract

This article explores the concept of “freedom” across the disciplines of philosophy and political science, based on two premises. Firstly, the philosophical concepts of “freedom” have not transcended the boundaries of the metaphysical domain, which is attributed to the freedom of thought and thus becomes an inner feeling. Secondly “political freedom” is already linked to speech and the world in which people exist, in which people’s words and actions are manifested. It is political freedom that, through freedom of belief and expression, prevents violent totalitarian regimes from controlling and dominating people by eliminating all free action that enables people to build political relations based on of equality and mutual respect.

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Professor of Contemporary Political Philosophy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco

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