SPEECHLESSNESS AND LINGUISTIC RECIPROCITY IN ARENDT.
The article examines the concept of speechlessness and linguistic reciprocity through a critical engagement with Hannah Arendt’s political philosophy, focusing on how unreciprocated speech can sustain shared worlds of meaning even when one party cannot respond linguistically. Drawing on a personal c...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 390 - 419 |
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