Política e educação em Hannah Arendt

Abstract

This article intends to discuss the concepts of education and politics based on categories from Arendt's thought, especially: birth rate and freedom. These concepts are discussed separately, as well as their connection with the complex conceptual network of the author's work. It presents the question of the meaning of politics in Arendt's thought and its connection with the scope of interpretations of politics in the West. Her set of ideas related to this topic is presented, such as the dimensions of active life, the notion of public space and, finally, the notion of freedom as the foundation of the politics that permeates the author's work, bringing to light the conception negativity of politics to which Arendt refers. In the category of education, Arendt's conception of education is related to some of the educational conceptions constructed by Western thought. It is proposed to approach the objective of understanding education - especially education in Arendt - as a phenomenon. Based on the basic ideas surrounding the crisis in modern education, we seek to clarify what, in Arendt's view, education would actually be, and, therefore, its meaning and purpose. The connection between politics and education is discussed based on the writer's thoughts, addressing the distinctions between the two categories and pointing to possible similarities between them.