Vol. 5 No. 14 (2023)
September - December

Articles

Rethinking waiting: A critical analysis of the waiting as a temporality and its limitations in understanding these processes as a social phenomena

Published 18-09-2023

  • Duzan Dussier Avila Castellanos

Duzan Dussier Avila Castellanos
The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Abstract

This article critically analyses the conventional conception of waiting processes, understood exclusively as temporality, examining their limitations in capturing the complexity of waiting as a broader social phenomenon. Drawing on the philosophical paradigm of Discontinuist Materialism, it argues that waiting time must be understood as more than a singular, ontologically negative, and necessarily detrimental phenomenon. The text underlines the intricate relations between waiting time and other aspects of social life, suggesting the need to broaden the perspectives of analysis hitherto employed. It reveals the need for a new analytical framework incorporating social, cultural, and historical factors when examining waiting processes. This article aims to take another step towards reconfiguring the temporal dimension of waiting, paving the way for constructing a more nuanced approach to this multifaceted phenomenon.

Keywords

Wating processes, temporalities, Social Phylosophy, Phylosophy of Social Sciences

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Author Biography

Duzan Dussier Avila Castellanos

PhD Candidate in Philosophy and Social Sciences Researcher,  School of Social Sciences, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

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