Abstract:
: In this article titled Philosophy and the Present Actuality– Coexistence in
the Thought of Hannah Arendt, we attempt to address one of the most important
contemporary philosophical issues frequently discussed in political, social, and
intellectual circles: the concept of coexistence. The goal of this article is twofold:
firstly, to correct the common notion that philosophy is merely a transcendent
metaphysical inquiry or an analysis of existence from an ivory tower, and secondly, to
demonstrate that philosophy is closely connected to reality, addressing current issues,
including coexistence, which is also the main objective of this research. We focused
on one of the philosophers who emphasized the role of philosophy in addressing
various existential issues, the German philosopher and political theorist (who later
emigrated to America) Hannah Arendt (1906-1975). By examining Arendt as a model
of the relationship between philosophy and contemporary issues, we find that she
explored the topic of coexistence and linked it to various concepts such as freedom,
politics, and action. She concluded that freedom has a political nature, and practicing
it is the only path to living together.
