Revista Filosofía UIS

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2013): Revista Filosofía UIS
Research Article

Renouncing the act: an approach from the literature

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  • Adriana Pertuz Valencia
Adriana Pertuz Valencia
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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Published 2013-12-03

Keywords

  • act,
  • inertia,
  • conscience,
  • potentiality,
  • renounce

How to Cite

Pertuz Valencia, A. (2013). Renouncing the act: an approach from the literature. Revista Filosofía UIS, 12(2), 89–99. Retrieved from https://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/revistafilosofiauis/article/view/3676

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Abstract

The problem of the renounce to the action is presented here. The analysis is based upon two literary texts: Notes from the Underground by Fédor Dostoievski and Rayuela by Julio Cortázar. A dialogue is set up between the thoughts about inaction of the characters from these two works. They are analyzed under the light of some proposals by Virginia Woolf, Friedrich Nietzsche, Giorgio Agamben and of the story Bartleby, the scrivener by Herman Melville.

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References

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  2. Cortázar, J. (2005). Rayuela. Bogotá: Fundación Promotora Colombiana de Cultura.
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  7. Woolf, V. (2002). On Being Ill. Ashfield: Paris Press.