The impurity of praxis : Arendt and Agamben

AbstractIf politics is understood as a foundational and open-ended activity, a general problem that arises from such a framing concerns the question of how to sustain the possibility of continuous openings without converting action into permanence and closure. In this article, we approach this problematic by treating Hannah Arendt as an exemplary figure in the current of political thought that emphasizes the indeterminate nature of action. We focus more specifically on how Arendt addressed the question of sustaining action by exploring the role of forgiveness, promises, divided power, and principles of action in her thought. While we show that the task of sustaining the indeterminacy of act…

Glenn Gould's mastery of not-playing : style and manner in the work of Giorgio Agamben

Anteeksipyytämisen ja -antamisen politiikasta

Julkisiin anteeksipyyntöihin liittyvä mitätöinti ja vähättely voi olla eräänlainen kollektiivinen väistöliike kipeiden tapahtumien edessä. Anteeksipyytämisen tarkempi ymmärtäminen vaatisi tunnustamaan jonkin ongelmallisen ilmiön olemassaolon, mikä puolestaan velvoittaisi etsimään yhteisiä ratkaisuja. nonPeerReviewed