On times and Affects

a Political Reflection on Melancholy

Authors

  • Roan Costa Cordeiro Universidade Federal do Paraná Autor/a
  • Angela Couto Machado Fonseca Universidade Federal do Paraná Autor/a
  • Everton Luís da Silva Universidade Federal do Paraná Autor/a

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23927/issn.2526-1347.RIHGB.2022(490):177-198

Keywords:

Time, Politics, Event, Affect, Melancholy

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to reflect upon the relationship between temporality and affects in order to consider political philosophy as a philosophy of events. From the contrast of different framings of temporality, presented in the figures of Chronos and Kairós, we show in the first part of the article traces of a temporal realization not concluded by the finalistic chain of history, which can only be captured in the order of the events. In the second part, we highlight the existing connections between the figures of time and the affects, which permeate and constitute the political events themselves. Through the reading of affects, we present melancholy as an affect that marks the political reflection of the present, and which allows us to observe that politics, thought from an event perspective, responds to the primordial task of affecting and being affected by the events.

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Author Biographies

  • Roan Costa Cordeiro, Universidade Federal do Paraná

    Doutorando no Programa de Pós-graduação em Filosofia da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Mestre em Filosofia pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). Bolsista da CAPES.

  • Angela Couto Machado Fonseca, Universidade Federal do Paraná

    Professora de Filosofia do Direito da graduação e pós-graduação na UFPR. Mestre em Filosofia Moderna e Contemporânea (UFPR), Doutora em Direito (UFPR)

  • Everton Luís da Silva, Universidade Federal do Paraná

    Doutorando do Programa de Pós-graduação em Direito da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Mestre em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM). Professor do Curso de Direito no Centro Universitário Vale do Iguaçu (UNIGUAÇU) de Filosofia do Direito e Direito Constitucional

Published

2023-11-07

How to Cite

CORDEIRO, Roan Costa; FONSECA, Angela Couto Machado; SILVA, Everton Luís da. On times and Affects: a Political Reflection on Melancholy. Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro, v. 183, n. 490, p. 177–198, 2023. DOI: 10.23927/issn.2526-1347.RIHGB.2022(490):177-198. Disponível em: https://rihgb.emnuvens.com.br/revista/article/view/21.. Acesso em: 22 may. 2025.