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Hannah Ardent On Violence Vis-À-vis The Quest For Political Power Through Violence In Nigeria
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1.3 SCOPE OF STUDY
In this write-up I want to
narrow the ideas of Hannah Arendt to Nigerian situation even though they
were not propounded for that. Of all the political works of Hannah
Arendt, I am going to concentrate mainly of her major work on violence.
Even though I am going to highlight her other works especially the human
condition, they are going to be in passing.
1.4 METHODOLGY OF STUDY
The
method of study is that of juxtaposition and evaluation. Juxtaposition,
in the sense that Arendt’s ideas on violence are compared with the
Nigerian situation, to sieve out what can serve as a better political
worldview for Nigeria.
The work is divided into five chapters.
Chapter one is the general introduction: statement of problem, purpose
of study, methodology and scope of studies. In chapter two we are going
to examine the nature of violence in Nigeria as well as literature
review. In chapter three, we are going to examine Hannah Arendt and the
quest for political power through violence. Then in chapter four, we
shall examine the evolution of political violence in Nigeria. The above
work is brought to an end in chapter five with critical evaluation and
conclusion.
[1] Mills, C.W., L’elite du pouvoir, Paris, Maspero 1969, p. 171
[2] See H. Arendt, On Violence, A Harvest Book, Harcourt & Brace Com. London, p. 11.
[3] Fanon, F, The Wretched Of The Earth,
[4]H. Arendt, ibid., p. 3.
[5] Akam,J.B, Man: Unique but in Plural, Snaap Press Ltd., 1991, p. 105.
[6] J. Odeh, This Madness called Election 2003, ( Enugu, Snaap Publ. Ltd), 2003, p.12
[7] Arendt, H, ibid., p.52
[8] Ibid., p. 56
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