An Inquiry into the Relation between Language and Politics: Possibilities Provided by Language to Politicial Philosophy

In this work, it will be argued that there is a direct relation between the ways language and humans have been projected in the political sphere spanning from Ancient Greece to our times. Accordingly, it will be asserted that a reorganisation of the sphere of politics is possible only by unearthing the creative (presentation) and regulatory (representation) character of language. In order to do so, we will analyse the ties between name (onoma), word (logos), nature (physis), and law (nomos) starting off with Plato’s Kratylos and Aristotle’s Politcs. Later on, we will highlight the paradoxical structure of the relation between language and politics in the works of Plato and Aristotle using Jacques Ranciere’s concept of disagreement (la mésentente) and develop certain propositions in this matter with the help of Walter Benjamin’s understanding of language. This work, which in some respects, will progress focused on political philosophy, is an inquiry into the possibilities that a reconception of language may provide in developing new horizons in philosophy by reversing the assertions regarding the potential of language and philosophy of Plato