O federalismo no pensamento de Hannah Arendt e John Rawls

Abstract

The present work presents the theme of federalism in the thinking of Hannah Arendt and John Rawls. The theme is problematized from the assumption about federalism as citizen participation in the public space. From this, one can assume its purpose of political exercise, that is, it presents an action as an activity for politics in Arendt and the constitution of a wellordered society, based on the principles of justice in John Rawls. In order to understand, Hannah Arendt and John Rawls' studies on the term were used as a theoretical basis. For this reason, federalism is an element of dialogue between thinkers. The research is bibliographic and uses the theoretical understanding and reconstruction of the texts by Hannah Arendt and John Rawls: The Human Condition (1958), On the Revolution (1963-1965) and The Promise of Politics (2005) and A Theory of Justice (1971) and Peoples' Law (1999), respectively. The main result achieved concerns the research question: to what extent does federalism encourage citizen participation in the public space? To answer the present problem, we sought to understand this relationship, through the conceptual articulation between three chapters: (1) dedicated to Hannah Arendt's thinking, based on four elements: action as an activity; the plurality; republicanism and the unity of the common (community as a space for action). The second chapter, refers to the thinking of John Rawls with the principles of justice; contractualism; pluralism and political fidelity. In the last chapter, the dialogue on federalism. Therefore, federalism represents an act for oneself and for the other, that is, the profession of faith of the citizen's political participation in community.