Razmerje oblasti in nasilja skozi prizmo vladavine Nikogar v delu O nasilju Hannah Arendt

In political discourse, the terms violence and power are usually thought to be closely related, if not identical. However, the two terms could also be thought of as opposing concepts. In this article, I aim to demystify their relation by exploring how they are under­stood in Hannah Arendt’s On Violence. When writing about power, Arendt has a specific concept in mind. Here, power is understood as a mutual agreement among the individuals of a political community. Power therefore allows the political community not only to ex­ist but also to act toward a common goal. Violence, on the other hand, is seen by Arendt as compensating for the lack of power. By highlighting the differences between the two concepts, I first focus on the issue of their interrelationship to then proceed to discuss how these concepts relate to what Arendt calls the »rule of Nobody«, i.e., a form of rule that thrives in the era of technological advancements, arguing that her book remains highly relevant today.