ARENDT E A DEMOCRACIA REPRESENTATIVA: COMENTÁRIOS INTRODUTÓRIOS

Abstract

Arendt's contribution to Western political thought is indisputable, in this field, it occupies a prominent place. His writings on politics have become references, especially for those who seek to understand contemporary political thought. With clear language and inclined to understand, Arendt reflected deeply on various subjects in his writings, defended freedom and "human plurality" as essential to politics and made some important and pertinent considerations about representative democracy that deserve to be disseminated, even though, for some authors, it is not a "theoretical" of democracy, at least as the "term" is commonly understood. In this article, the fundamental objective is to highlight and present in an introductory way, some points of these considerations as they appear, for example, in the work On Revolution. Therefore, the proposal is not to discuss them or necessarily confront them with other ideas or theories, but to present them in a single space. In general, all these considerations of Arendt about representative democracy present in his work were elaborated by her from her study of the American Revolution. Although brief, these considerations are essential for the debate and understanding of democracy, especially at a time when politics generates many doubts and mistrusts.