The Italian difference : between nihilism and biopolitics /

This volume brings together essays by different generations of Italian thinkers which address, whether in affirmative, problematizing or genealogical registers, the entanglement of philosophical speculation and political proposition within recent Italian thought. Nihilism and biopolitics, two concep...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Chiesa, Lorenzo, Toscano, Alberto
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Melbourne : Re.press, 2009.
Subjects:	Nihilism (Philosophy) Philosophy, Italian > 20th century. Biopolitics > Italy.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Front Cover; Half Title Page; Series Page; Title Page; Imprint
Copyright; Contents; 1 Chiesa and Toscano
Introduction; 2 Antonio Negri
The Italian Difference; 3 Pier Aldo Rovatti
Foucault Docet; 4 Gianni Vattimo
Nihilism as Emancipation; 5 Roberto Esposito
Community and Nihilism; 6 Matteo Mandarini
Beyond Nihilism: Notes Towards a Critique of Left-Heideggerianism in Italian Philosophy of the 1970s; 7 Luisa Muraro
The Symbolic Independence from Power; 8 Mario Tronti
Towards a Critique of Political Democracy