Borislav MIHAČEVIČ
Abstract. The purpose of this article is the explication of Hannah Arendt`s understanding of the connection between truth and politics. More precisely, the article focuses on connection between physis and truth. Consequently, Arendt`s explication was done in critical dialogue with Martin Heidegger. I argue that not only truth belongs in political space, alongside traditionally more familiar notions of freedom and equality, but most importantly, that truthfulness is at the core of Arendt`s understanding of truth in political sphere. Similar to Foucault`s parhessia, political truthfulness is a necessary condition of freedom, which is raison d’etre of politics. With that, I will also explore how is this possibility today threatened by post-truth phenomenon.
Keywords: truth, physis, Being, politics, Arendt, Heidegger, facts, post-truth