Abstract
This article wants to propose some reflections on
law, power and violence in contemporary political
philosophy. My attention will be devoted to a critical
analysis of some relevant contribution on these
matters by prominent scholars and authors such
as Alessandro Ferrara, Christoph Menke, Walter
Benjamin, Hannah Arendt.
The first part is dedicated to a brief introduction
in which the Alessandro Ferrara’s reading of
Menke’s Law and Violence will be presented. The
second part focuses its attention on the philosophical
backgrounds of violence, especially in its relation
to liberty, power and government. In this case,
the main focus is devoted to some of the classics
in political philosophy: Niccolò Machiavelli;
Thomas Hobbes; Hannah Arendt.
The last two paragraphs are finally dedicated
to further reflections on law and violence. On the
one hand, giving a deeper description of Ferrara’s
remarks on Menke’s work, especially in its connection
to Rawlsian political liberalism. The last paragraph,
on the other hand, proposes few brief and final
reflections on law and violence.