Abstract

Dominating the title and subtitle of this book are acts. Considering its subject, what becomes clear is why the specific verb (in-statuere or instituere) and gerund (building) were used: both designate acting. Yet, not any kind of acting in this case, but institutional acting. Books such as this are not only part of social reality, but illuminate its foundations, different dimensions, protocols, and possibilities, impacting that very reality. In that sense, as human creations, they are no mer...