Hannah Arendt – What is Authority PDF

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Hannah Arendt – What is Authority? Born 1906 – Studies philosophy from Martin Heidegger “Authority has vanished in the modern world!” Three things have disappeared in the modern world: 1. Authority 2. Tradition 3. Religion Authority is not a form of violence. It’s incompatible with persuasion Hierarchy is a necessary condition for authority: - “Against the egalitarian order of persuasion stands the authoritarian order, which is always hierarchical.” The anti-thesis of Authority of a hierarchical order is a tyranny and an egalitarian order - Both of these are failures The result of these The new paradigm of thought has turned to a discussion between Liberalism and Conservative and have lost the tradition of thinking on authoritarianism. Authoritarianism has been conflated with totalitarianism under liberalism. Totalitarianism is not authoritarianism in the sense that totalitarian order is like an onion where the authority lies in unclear set of facades like party, bureaucracy and the police. - You cant identify centre of authority and margin of authority Mos Maiorum – Customs of the esteemed predecessors/ customs of the greater ones - The very foundation of Roman culture. Legitimacy lies in the origins of the formation and their wisdom In Roman politics: “Power derives from the people, authority derives from the senate” - The legitimacy lies in this...