La revolución y el problema del origen. La fundación reconsiderada desde un horizonte político posfundacional

In this work we deal with the problematic of the revolution, pondering especially the question of the foundation of a new beginning. We analyze Arendt’s criticism of the tradition of political thought with regard to the role of the absolute in the foundation. At the same time, we try to show that Arendt’s view is not limited to point out the absence of absolute foundations, but it faces the task of rethinking a contingent and temporary foundation with a relative stability. In this way, Arendt’s approach to foundation, as we understand it, belongs to what has been called recently a postfoundational perspective of the political.