A banalidade do mal em Hannah Arendt: uma análise sobre a violência cometida por policiais militares brasileiros

Abstract

This monograph presents a brief analysis of Hannah Arendt's concept of banality of evil and its relation to the phenomenon of violence committed by Brazilian Military Police. Based on the question, "Why do some military police, who are considered good professionals, commit violent acts?". So, the main objective of the research is to understand the phenomenon of violence committed by state agents, focusing on brazilian military police. Thus, at first, it was identify the concept of evil transformation from Hannah Arendt. Also, it is analyzed how the banality of evil is presented as a phenomenon during the German totalitarian experience of World War II. And, finally, to analyze how this theory applies to contemporary brazilian reality, outside the context of totalitarianism, in a democratic regime of law. Applying it on the phenomenon of violence committed by military police. Therefore, bibliographic sources were used to try to answer this question. Thus, it was realized the greatness of the theme, in addition to all the factors related to the phenomenon of violence, there is a need to increasingly use knowlegde about human rights in the military police training, and encourage critical thinking and empathy in professional education.