“Far diventare romanzo la città”. Calvino, Ricoeur, Arendt e la consistenza dello spazio urbano

The article discusses the city as a “public space of appearance” thanks to the contribution of three reference authors: Calvino, Ricoeur and Arendt. A common sense word, city, which actually conceals considerable complexities for those who intend to discuss its thinkability today, especially with reference to the alternative, presented in the text, between urban and disurban. Calvino, Ricoeur and Arendt allow one to “read the city” according to a narrative paradigm that is presented and in the following pages aimed at grasping its consistency.