Arendt and Representative Democracy

The first aim of this paper is to examine the foundations of Hannah Arendt 's criticism of representative democracy. To do so, it will be necessary to retake the central aspects of her analyzes of Greek democracy, including her invectives against the tradition of Political Philosophy that has obscured its authentic meaning. Secondly, the article attempts to demonstrate that Arendt's reservations about representative democracy does not, in anyway, lead to its complete rejection.