Relações de poder na Política I.2

Abstract

Power relations are, par excellence, the subject of politics. They manifest as the command of one individual or group over another or as positions of authority. Aristotle seeks to identify the principle of this relationship in Chapter 2 of Book I of the Politics. I argue that, in Aristotle view, power grown from human needs, because its exercise is necessary to address these needs. Therefore, true power is not an arbitrary or violent relationship, but the provision of goods that are naturally our own: from the reproduction of life to what is noble. There is, therefore, a line that connects the power in the family and in the city. Both communities seek human self-sufficiency.