Writing and the City according to María Zambrano: Refinding a Lost Friendship After its Defeat

Abstract

In this work we consider the reflections on the act of writing in María Zambrano’s "Del escribir" and "Por qué se escribe", in order to link them with one of the most important spaces for the philosopher: the city. Although, strictly speaking, Zambrano did not develop a theory of the city, its meaning and representation are widely present in her work. Writing, as a logos that physically exists in the world, builds the city, that place of language and free expression that protects us. However, the city seems defeated by the absence of creative thinking in public spaces and demands its return.