Macht und Gewalt

osteuropa, vol. 70, pp. 7

Abstract

Power and violence are political keywords. Max Weber canonised their use in a specific way and defined the state as the holder of a monopoly on violence. Hannah Arendt made a thorough examination of the relationship between power and violence. In the Eastern-central and Eastern European revolutions after 1989 and currently in Belarus, it has been demonstrated that the use of violence is not a sign of power, but is rather quite the contrary: a sign of the loss of power.

Authors 1

1. Helmut König corresponding Aachen Professor emeritus am Institut für Politische Wissenschaft

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   (1950), Dr. phil., Politikwissenschaftler, Professor emeritus am Institut für Politische Wissenschaft der RWTH Aachen