If it is the function of the public realm to throw light on the affairs of men by providing a space of appearances in which they can show in deed and word, for better and worse, who they are and what they can do, then darkness has come when this light is extinguished by ‘credibility …
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I think we need to be alert to the historical context in which we speak about violence, including structural violence. Too frequently we take physical harm and/or killing as the only paradigm of violence. But this can blind us to other forms of violence that involve humiliation and suffering. But what is even more important …
The lesson Arendt draws is that it is not freedom and autonomy from all social and political entities that liberates us to be rights bearers…. Instead, it is embeddedness, political membership, and social inclusion that are necessary to have any rights at all, especially the human right to life itself. Margaret Somers. 2008. Genealogies of …
CLARITY AND CHAOS 