Nor is a substitute likely to appear so long as national independence, namely, freedom from foreign rule, and the sovereignty of the state. This re-evaluation will lead me to rewrite some of the content on this site.Īrendt reminded us that “the end of human action … can never be reliably predicted… The means used to achieve political goals are more often than not of greater relevance to the future world than the intended goals.” Unfortunately, however, “no substitute for this final arbiter in international affairs (violence) has yet appeared on the political scene.” This small, passionate book analyzed the nature and sources of violence, offered some prophetic speculations, and challenged many widespread assumptions - including some that I had embraced but now reject. As political violence permeated the United States and spread across the globe, in 1969 the influential political philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote On Violence.
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