Terrorism is a term that has been increasing in use over the last few year. Terrorism is oppressing the world through regular deathly attacks. It is taking over the hearts of the population, by increasing the fear of further assaults. Shootings at the “Bataclan” in Paris, strikes at a christmas market in Germany and most recently at a Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, have made us aware of the increasing risk of the violence of these terrorist attacks.
Basing ourselves on the scenario of the bombings at the Ariana Grande concert, we will look at the subject of violence through the eyes of three great thinkers.
The other situation that we will be investigating is the equal parade marches through Warsaw. According to the police some 13’000 …show more content…
She studied philosophy at the university of Marburg. In 1928, she received a doctoral degree in philosophy at the university of Heidelberg. Fleeing the Nazis in Germany, she and her husband Heinrich Blücher, a philosophy professor, immigrated to the United States. She started to be recognised as an influential political thinker after the publication of her work “Origins of Totalitarianism” (1951). One of the topics that Arendt also studied in depth was the subject of violence, which links to our real life situation of the attacks on the Ariana Grande concert. She even published an analysis of the causes, the essence and significance of violence, in …show more content…
Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.” In this quotation Arendt links the issue of violence back to “the individual”. This means that she is exposing the personal “benefits” that dedicating yourself to the good would have. She suggests that if a person dedicates himself to the good, we will be happier as an individual. Additionally by being a kind person, you will receive the kindness that you deserve from the other good people around you. So in some way it suggests that some equality in the sense that if you do not commit any violent acts, other people will not be violent towards you. However this can be said not to be true as so many innocent civilian become victims of violent assault, such as in our real life situation of the attacks at the Ariana Grand concert where over many innocent children, teenagersand adults were injured and killed. This leads us to the next topic of equality. Hannah Arendt engaged in forming an equal society. In fact she was so determined, she even considered the right to vote “secondary” and the “right to home and marriage” more important. This can be also be seen through some of her statements such as “"right to marry whoever one wishes" or "inalienable human rights to 'life, liberty and pursuit of happiness proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence.'”, which both suggest that she was for a free society where everyone