On Violence

Arendt, H. (1970). On Violence. Harcourt Brace.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1970

Link

https://archive.org/details/onviolence0000aren

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sociology_anthropology

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• Authority
  • Authority differs from power: power is the capacity to coerce or influence regardless of legitimacy; authority requires that the exercise be perceived as rightful, a separation Arendt (1970) draws sharply in On Violence, where authority, power, force, and violence are treated as distinct phenomena.

    This sourceSharply distinguishes power, strength, force, authority, and violence as conceptually independent phenomena; argues authority depends on unquestioning recognition rather than coercion or persuasion, and that violence can destroy authority but never create it.

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