Testimony as a Co-Existential Extension of Deliberative Practices

The article focuses on the relevance of testimony for deliberative practices, which can be observed to have been insufficiently emphasized in previous discussions on deliberative communication. This seems important not only when it comes to considering deliberative practices in relation to historica...

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Main Author: Manca Erzetič
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Published: Institute Nova Revija for the Humanities 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.phainomena.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/05_E-PHI_132-133_Erzetic.pdf
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description The article focuses on the relevance of testimony for deliberative practices, which can be observed to have been insufficiently emphasized in previous discussions on deliberative communication. This seems important not only when it comes to considering deliberative practices in relation to historical time and its aftermath, but also directly in terms of their contemporary application. Indeed, testimonies can assume a key communicative role in different life situations by appearing in various contexts, and in this way allow for the existential and coexistential extension of deliberative practices. First, I address the issue of conceptualizing the phenomenon of testimony and the relationship between the contexts of witnessing and the conditions of truth-telling, drawing in particular on the considerations by Hans-Georg Gadamer, Klaus Held, Bernhard Waldenfels, and Giorgio Agamben’s discussion of testimony and truth in Quando la casa brucia (2020). I conclude the paper by describing a concrete case of the extension of deliberative practice in relation to the testimony of Marijan Rogić, a former convict in the concentration camp on the island of Goli otok [Barren Island].
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spelling doaj-art-890fc0c8d3634b479f3c26d5f9049d672025-08-20T03:06:58ZdeuInstitute Nova Revija for the HumanitiesPhainomena1318-33622232-66502025-07-0134132-1338110010.32022/PHI34.2025.132-133.5Testimony as a Co-Existential Extension of Deliberative PracticesManca Erzetič0Institute Nova Revija for the Humanities, Ljubljana, SloveniaThe article focuses on the relevance of testimony for deliberative practices, which can be observed to have been insufficiently emphasized in previous discussions on deliberative communication. This seems important not only when it comes to considering deliberative practices in relation to historical time and its aftermath, but also directly in terms of their contemporary application. Indeed, testimonies can assume a key communicative role in different life situations by appearing in various contexts, and in this way allow for the existential and coexistential extension of deliberative practices. First, I address the issue of conceptualizing the phenomenon of testimony and the relationship between the contexts of witnessing and the conditions of truth-telling, drawing in particular on the considerations by Hans-Georg Gadamer, Klaus Held, Bernhard Waldenfels, and Giorgio Agamben’s discussion of testimony and truth in Quando la casa brucia (2020). I conclude the paper by describing a concrete case of the extension of deliberative practice in relation to the testimony of Marijan Rogić, a former convict in the concentration camp on the island of Goli otok [Barren Island].https://www.phainomena.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/05_E-PHI_132-133_Erzetic.pdftestimonydeliberative practicescommunicationagambenrogić
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title Testimony as a Co-Existential Extension of Deliberative Practices
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