The Event of Institution and the Ambiguity of History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4851747 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roberto Terzi |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 124 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 485-506 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South Atlantic Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-2876 • E-ISSN: 1527-8026 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00382876-11850253 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
From the point of view of historical classification, Maurice Merleau-Ponty's philosophy runs the risk of undergoing a twofold simplification: on the one hand, it would be the emblem of an existential phenomenology, surpassed in the last phenomenological generation, which is characterized by the central role attributed to the category of the event; on the other hand, attention is focused on what were undoubtedly the fundamental themes of Merleau-Ponty's thinking, namely, the body, perception, nature. However, this twofold simplification runs the risk of obscuring the fact that Merleau-Ponty at least provides elements for a way of thinking about the event, that he was also a thinker of history and politics, and that the event is therefore also thought of in its historical and political dimensions. These different themes come together in a single focus, namely, the notion of institution, which Merleau-Ponty defines precisely in terms of the conceptuality of the event, and through which he brings together a genetic phenomenology, a way of thinking about history and culture, and a political reflection. The aim of this article is to analyze this notion in terms of its links with the questions of the event, history, and politics, and to show its topicality
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |