Natality as the innovative event in social coexistence

Abstract

This article arises from the research group “Family in change”, which works within an interdisciplinary horizon, and seeks to answer the following question: in what sense can the birth event, as it emerges from the work of Hannah Arendt and her commentators, offer a more adequate anthropological and social foundation for human rights in the context of contemporary democracy. The main objective of the present study is to present the birth rate category and its political meaning, through a synthetic review of the literature related to this topic. The second objective aims to understand how birth rates, outlined in this way, allow us to deepen the foundation of human rights in favor of human existence and dignity. The third objective seeks to elaborate interpretations of the fundamental principles of constitutional law from the birth event thus understood, with a view to consolidating a fair and democratic social coexistence.