في ضرورة الخلاص من الشر التافه عند حنا أرندت

Abstract EN

This article aims to shed light on the political thinker “Hanna Arendt’s treatment of the problem of trivial evil, as totalitarian regimes made the marginalization and alienation of the role of the individual via imposing new values on individuals according to which they turned him into a mere machine, but (Arendt) strived to raise the value of the individual and preserve his humanity.

according to Arendt, the individual is a free being with an active and significant role in political life.

it is not only the individual who is responsible for the evil deeds, but the political system to which he belongs is also responsible for these acts, as the individual under these (totalitarian) regimes is just a means to achieve their evil political ends.

however, this situation does not last, and evil cannot continue to spread in the world.

rather, we can find other values and alternatives far from revenge and confronting evil with evil, values coexisting in a socio political environment, such as the value of forgiveness.

if the individual is indoctrinated by totalitarian regimes methods of violence and evil actions, the value of forgiveness teaches humans the meaning of will, awareness and freedom, which is the basis of the meaning of politics.

forgiveness, then, is one of the methods of conquering and undermining evil in this world.

it is the best and most effective solution to get rid of the evils of the petty totalitarian regimes.