Revolutionary Actions and Events

For most analytic philosophers, events are ubiquitous. Whether identified with property exemplifications (Kim 1996), causes and effects (Davidson 1969), repeatable states of affairs (Chisholm 1970), or entities of some other sort, “analytic” events pervade worlds. By contrast, for many continental philosophers, events are comparatively rare. Instead of pervading worlds, “continental” events unexpectedly disclose (Heidegger 1989), actualize (Deleuze 1969), or radically transform (Badiou 1988) worlds. Generally speaking, analytic events are ordinary or normal, continental events extraordinary or revolutionary.