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This paper considers the implications of Hannah Arendt's criticisms of Frantz Fanon and the theories of violence and politics associated with his influence for our understanding of the relationship between those two phenomena. Fanon argues that violence is a means necessary to political action, and also is an organic force or energy. Arendt argues that violence is inherently unpredictable, which means that end reasoning is in any case anti-political, and that it is a profound error to naturalize violence. We evaluate their respective arguments concluding that in her well-founded rejection of the naturalization of violence, Arendt's understanding of the embodied nature of violence is less insightful than Fanon's. Access provided by Yale University In this paper, we address the question of how to theorize the relation between violence and politics. Footnote 1 We do this, here, by way of a consideration specifically of Hannah Arendt's criticism of Frantz Fanon and the tradition of thinkin

On Politics and Violence: Arendt Contra Fanon Feature Article: Political Theory Revisited Published: 25 February 2008 Volume 7 , pages 90–108 ( 2008 ) Cite this article Save article View saved research Contemporary Political Theory Aims and scope Submit manuscript Abstract This paper considers the implications of Hannah Arendt's criticisms of Frantz Fanon and the theories of violence and politics associated with his influence for our understanding of the relationship between those two phenomena. Fanon argues that violence is a means necessary to political action, and also is an organic force o

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