Violence According to Hannah Arendt

Abstract

Hannah Arendt's approach to violence is a distinct approach because she
introduced the semantic field of violence. She sees the concept of violence, ability,
influence, or force as often being mixed with other concepts such as power. These are
concepts that political science is unable to clearly distinguish between. The greatest
thinkers, in his opinion, used the concepts of power and influence. And ability
arbitrarily, even though these concepts refer to phenomena because the correct use of
these words is not only a linguistic issue, but every term has its connotations and
dimensions, and here Arendt refuses to play the game of definitions, and therefore
such concepts remain power, influence, ability, or Force, etc., are merely tools of
domination that humans use in order to dominate humans. What distinguishes
violence from similar concepts is its instrumental nature.