A participação política em Hannah Arendt e os direitos humanos

Abstract

In the mass society in which we live the human rights still fail to guarantee a minimum dignity for millions of people, proving to be a major problem in the contemporary world. Through reading the works of Hannah Arendt we sought to understand how the crimes committed against the Jewish people by the Nazi Regime were not questioned and were still practiced by a large part of the German population. The reflections of the German philosopher on politics, ethics, personal responsibility and the thinking are of great importance to understand how several people had their human rights disrespected during the period of rule of the German Nazi Party. Finally, the analysis of these concepts is of great importance to reflect on how the human rights continue to be disregarded and are still incapable of protecting the individual in the full age of globalization, despite being protected by several international treaties and positived in the constitutions of Countries considered democratic.