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DI PEGO, Anabella. Power, violence and revolution in the writings of Hannah Arendt. Argumentos (Méx.) [online]. 2006, vol.19, n.52, pp.101-122. ISSN 0187-5795.

Hannah Arendt's conception of power is believed to be critical of the violence. From dieses point of view, Habermas conceive that Arendt sustain a communicative conception of power, in the sense that she considers that the logic of the power is absolutely different from the violence. However, when we approach to the analysis of the power throughout her work, we are faced with enormous difficulties that come from essentially the polysemic character of this notion. We, therefore, propose to distinguish at least two different meanings of the power in Arendt, one that we will call "communicative power" following Habermas, and another one that we will call "multitude's power". This work engages in controversy with the interpretation of Jürgen Habermas and tries to contribute with a new light to think about the relationship between power, violence, politics and revolution in Arendt's work.

Palavras-chave : Hannah Arendt; poder; violencia; revolución; política.