Propitious occasion, nefastous occasion: time, history and political action in Rousseau

Trans/Form/Ação 29 (2):249-256 (2006)
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I first examine two classical images of time that can somehow be identified in the works of Rousseau, and next analyze how they function in his formulation of a theory of history. Finally, I show how such conceptions of time and history affect the question of political action. The first, more well known, is the image of time that devours everything; the second, that I will examine more thoroughly, is the image of time as occasion.Pretendo examinar duas imagens clássicas do tempo que se pode de algum modo identificar na obra de Rousseau. Em seguida analisar como operam na formulação de sua teoria da história, para, finalmente, mostrar de que modo tais concepções do tempo e da história incidem sobre a questão da ação política. A primeira, mais conhecida, é a imagem do tempo que tudo devora; a outra, que examinarei mais detidamente, é a figura do tempo como ocasião

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