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LARA, Laura Adrián. Creativity in Governing our Lives: Reflections on Maternity. Desafíos [online]. 2015, vol.27, n.2, pp.21-52. ISSN 0124-4035.  https://doi.org/10.12804/desafios27.2.2015.01.

In governing themselves democratically, citizens display their capacity to address reality in a creative fashion. On a daily basis contingency forces us to stop and think, and to cultivate good judgement. In Hannah Arendt's thought action, which is the essence of politics, is associated with natality. Action gives rise to a new beginning and reveals that each citizen is unique. Yet action is to be distinguished from labor, from the tasks of the oikos. Moreover, the central role of the logos in the polis leads us to forget the significance of the silences, such as the silence of infants, and detracts from our capacity to understand and pay attention to them adequately. In this article we will meditate on maternity and its relationship to our own creativity in governing our lives. The role of maternal individuals shows our capacity to relate to another human being through our internal world, by means of a lethargic relationship that is not mediated by an articulated language. It also alerts us to the dangers of the omnipotence to which it is linked and reminds us of our origins as fully dependent beings.

Palabras clave : Maternal individuals; omnipotence; lethargy; silence; false self.

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