Arendt’s Notion of Natality. An Attempt at Clarification
Arendt claims that our natality (i.e., our condition of being born) is the “source” or “root” of our capacity to begin (i.e., of our capacity to initiate something new). But she does not fully explain this claim. How does the capacity to begin derive from the condition of birth? That Arendt does not...
- Autores:
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Totschnig, Wolfhart
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2017
- Institución:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/67754
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/67754
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/68783/
- Palabra clave:
- 1 Filosofía y psicología / Philosophy and psychology
H. Arendt
capacity to begin
natality
plurality.
H. Arendt
capacidad para comenzar
natalidad
pluralidad.
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- Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
| Summary: | Arendt claims that our natality (i.e., our condition of being born) is the “source” or “root” of our capacity to begin (i.e., of our capacity to initiate something new). But she does not fully explain this claim. How does the capacity to begin derive from the condition of birth? That Arendt does not immediately and unambiguously provide an answer to this question can be seen in the fact that her notion of natality has received very different interpretations. In the present paper, I seek to clarify the notion. I bring together and examine Arendt’s scattered remarks about natality and propose a new interpretation that responds to the stated question. Along the way, I show how the various existing interpretations have arisen and argue that, in view of that question, they are inadequate. |
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