How to prolong the event? action and institution in Hannah Arendt

Authors

  • Laura Quintana

    DOI:

    https://doi.org/10.36517/arf.v5i9.19005

    Keywords:

    Arendt. Action. Event. Institution.

    Abstract

    The purpose of this article is to argue that in Hannah Arendt’s political thought one could find three different ways to understand the relationship between institution and event and, in connection to this, three ways to think political action and the temporality of the political: a dichotomous reading, a kind of mythical interpretation and a critical-relational understanding. The article argues that this third alternative is more adequate to think the paradoxical character of action and the way that it, being a gap, could prolong itself and have effects on the common world.

    Published

    2013-01-01

    Issue

    Section

    Dossiê Hannah Arendt

    How to Cite

    Quintana, L. (2013). How to prolong the event? action and institution in Hannah Arendt. Argumentos - Revista De Filosofia, 5(9). https://doi.org/10.36517/arf.v5i9.19005