2020
DOI: 10.1177/1474885120906059
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The real promise of federalism: A case study of Arendt’s international thought

Abstract: For Hannah Arendt, the federal system is an effective mode of organizing different sources of power while avoiding sovereign politics. This article aims to contribute two specific claims to the burgeoning scholarship on Arendt’s international federalism. First, Arendt’s international thought calls for the balancing of two demands: the domestic need for human greatness and flourishing, and the international demand for regulation and cooperation. Second, her reflections on council-based federalism offer a nuance… Show more

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“…For a complete picture of worldly realism, critical engagements with Arendt's fledging idea of "a world-wide federated structure" 103 and the scholarship on international federalism and global social movements would be useful. 104 As Jerome Kohn sensibly points out, most of the interpretive problems with Arendt's works are attributed to "the inherent difficulty of what she sought to understand." 105 One such area of difficulty is the role of institutions in free politics.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For a complete picture of worldly realism, critical engagements with Arendt's fledging idea of "a world-wide federated structure" 103 and the scholarship on international federalism and global social movements would be useful. 104 As Jerome Kohn sensibly points out, most of the interpretive problems with Arendt's works are attributed to "the inherent difficulty of what she sought to understand." 105 One such area of difficulty is the role of institutions in free politics.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Apesar de existir um governo central, era permitido demasiada autonomia em cada estado em termos políticos e jurídicos (Lee, 2020), portanto, era excessivamente descentralizado, desunido, com dificuldades em alterar as leis e implementá-las, pelo que, era difícil o país se organizar como um todo e isso fragilizava a economia, a justiça, a força militar e a segurança das pessoas devido à instabilidade instalada (Lacroix, 2010;Webster, 2016), pelo que, poderia originar uma guerra civil entre os Estados, estavam demasiado expostos a uma invasão externa (britânica ou de outras potências) em um ou mais estados americanos, existiam disputas políticas entre estados, assistia-se a disputas comerciais entre estados, era necessária uma força própria militar em cada estado para se defender, pelo que, punha em causa os direitos e liberdades cívicas (Martínez, 2005).…”
Section: Parte 1 -Características E Problemas Das Confederaçõesunclassified
“…A ideia era distribuir o poder político em duas partes, o governo central (que representava a união ou federação) e um conjunto de unidades (13 estados) em que existisse uma organização política por níveis, a qual envolvia a eleição de um Presidente e membros para um sistema bicameral composto pela Câmara dos representantes e pelo Senado (Lee, 2020). Existia uma constituição federal base vinculante para todos e em complemento os estados administravam o seu próprio território de acordo com as suas competências administrativas e fiscais (Kritsch, 2011).…”
Section: Parte 3 -Câmara Dos Representantesunclassified
“…The dynamic aspect of Arendt's agonistic international society is evident in her discussion of international federation, though a full-scale analysis of her federalism is beyond the scope of this essay (Arendt 1968, 93;1972, 231-233;2007, 423-450;Lee 2020). It is worth noting, however, that Arendt's federalism shows her acute awareness of the challenges and complexities that arise from simultaneously pursuing the two demands of agonistic action and institutional stability or those of intra-state equality against authoritarianism and inter-state equality against imperialism in the international context.…”
Section: Agonistic International Societymentioning
confidence: 99%