The opposition between power and violence in the restructuring of the historical center of San Salvador from the theoretical perspective of Hannah Arendt
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2024
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Gutiérrez de Doradea, Evelin |
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The opposition between power and violence in the restructuring of the historical center of San Salvador from the theoretical perspective of Hannah Arendt |
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The opposition between power and violence in the restructuring of the historical center of San Salvador from the theoretical perspective of Hannah Arendt |
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La oposición entre poder y violencia en el reordenamiento del centro histórico de San Salvador desde la perspectiva teórica de Hannah Arendt |
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DERECHO32462024-11-22T20:21:24Z The opposition between power and violence in the restructuring of the historical center of San Salvador from the theoretical perspective of Hannah Arendt La oposición entre poder y violencia en el reordenamiento del centro histórico de San Salvador desde la perspectiva teórica de Hannah Arendt Gutiérrez de Doradea, Evelin poder violencia autoridad legitimidad centro histórico de San Salvador ocupación de espacios públicos Hannah Arendt power violence authority legitimacy historical center of San Salvador occupation of public spaces Hannah Arendt The article addresses the relation between power and violence in the context of the history and politics of El Salvador, specifically in the conflict over the restructuring of the historic center of San Salvador, where informal vendors occupied public spaces for decades. Hannah Arendt's vision of violence as a means to achieve immediate ends, but neither legitimate nor lasting over time, stands out. Since colonial times, violence has been used (instrumentalized) by those who control political power to subjugate others. In El Salvador, political and social conflicts have been recurrent, with marginal groups resorting to violence when they are excluded from decision-making and opportunities. The State has also exercised so-called legitimate violence as a tool of control. But Arendt argues that power and violence are opposites: while power arises from the agreement between people, violence is instrumental and can destroy power. In the case of the historic center of San Salvador, municipal governments attempted to evict informal vendors by force, but these actions did not achieve lasting solutions and generated more conflict. Only through dialogue and negotiation between vendors and the municipal government was a peaceful and voluntary evacuation of public spaces achieved, returning power and control to the local government. This illustrates Arendt's idea: power is based on consensus and is lost when violence is resorted to indiscriminately. En el artículo se aborda la relación entre poder y violencia en el contexto de la historia y la política de El Salvador, específicamente en el conflicto del reordenamiento del centro histórico de San Salvador, donde los vendedores informales ocuparon durante décadas los espacios públicos. Se destaca la visión de Hannah Arendt sobre la violencia como un medio para lograr fines inmediatos, pero no legítimos ni perdurables en el tiempo. Desde la época colonial, la violencia ha sido utilizada (instrumentalizada) por quienes controlan el poder político para someter a otros. En El Salvador, los conflictos políticos y sociales han sido recurrentes, con grupos marginales recurriendo a la violencia cuando se ven excluidos de la toma de decisiones y oportunidades. El Estado también ha ejercido la llamada violencia legítima como herramienta de control. Pero Arendt argumenta que el poder y la violencia son opuestos: mientras el poder surge de la concertación entre personas, la violencia es instrumental y puede destruir el poder. En el caso del centro histórico de San Salvador, los gobiernos municipales intentaron desalojar a los vendedores informales mediante la fuerza, pero estas acciones no lograron soluciones duraderas y generaron más violencia. Solo mediante el diálogo y la negociación entre vendedores y el gobierno municipal, se logró un desalojo pacífico y voluntario de los espacios públicos, devolviendo el poder y el control al gobierno local. Con ello se ilustra la idea de Arendt: el poder se basa en la concertación y se pierde cuando se recurre a la violencia de manera indiscriminada. Aequus Editorial 2024-11-22 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/epub+zip https://revistas.ues.edu.sv/index.php/revder/article/view/3246 Revista Derecho; Vol. 8 No. 1 (2024): Revista Derecho; 91-110 Revista Derecho; Vol. 8 Núm. 1 (2024): Revista Derecho; 91-110 2789-3960 2411-1465 spa https://revistas.ues.edu.sv/index.php/revder/article/view/3246/4016 https://revistas.ues.edu.sv/index.php/revder/article/view/3246/4017 Derechos de autor 2024 Revista Derecho https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |