The Promise and the Gesture
From Critical Situations in Life-Histories to Original Forgiveness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8409291 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Délia Popa (0009-0007-8582-6993, Villanova University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 265-281 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1773 • E-ISSN: 2332-0486 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00071773.2023.2210630 |
| OpenAlex | W4378214856 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
In this paper I examine the relationship between promise and gesture, in order to understand how they co-participate in the configuration of our life-histories. I start by noticing the role played by promise in establishing a dialogical pact of trust, through which an experiential cohesion is maintained through time. Reflecting on the variable conditions of mutual trust, I focus on crisis-situations when we cannot keep the promises we make to others and to ourselves. Relying on the thesis of an “original forgiveness”, I argue that our promises operate beyond the initial intention that animates them and even beyond their failure. I then show that failed promises reveal a broader state of self-fragmentation, engaging the other as a mediator between segments of experience that remain otherwise difficult to bring together and to reconcile by oneself. I close by highlighting the role played by gestures in cultivating this mediation
Aesthetics · Cohesion (chemistry) · Dialogical self · Epistemology · Experiential learning · Forgiveness · Gesture · Linguistics · Mediation · Social science · Sociology · Forgiveness and Related Behaviors · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |