La perte du monde comme catastrophe normative : une théorie des médiations à partir de Hannah Arendt
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https://doi.org/10.25180/lj.v28i1.404Keywords:
Hannah Arendt, loss of the world, normative catastrophe, mediations, normative center, judgment, responsibility, shevirat ha-kelimAbstract
This article proposes a reinterpretation of Arendt’s notion of the loss of the world based on a theory of the mediations that constitute the common world. It introduces the concept of “normative catastrophe” to describe situations in which fragmentation affects not only norms or institutions, but also the mediations that make possible the coordination of judgment, the recognition of responsibilities, and the collective organization of meaning. The notion of “normative center” allows us to formalize this dynamic configuration. From a hermeneutic and structural perspective, the Lurianic schema of shevirat ha-kelim is then invoked as a heuristic model of disarticulation, dispersion, and rearticulation, without positing any connection between Arendt and Lurianic Kabbalah. This conceptualization ultimately enables us to examine the contemporary fragmentation of validation regimes and mechanisms of accountability, as well as the conditions for reestablishing a common world.
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