Living Thought - The Origins and Actuality of Italian Philosophy

Zusatztext "This extraordinary and totally innovative analysis of the role of Italian philosophy within the European tradition shows that from the time of the Renaissance! Italian thought has had a specificity and an originality that is still present today in the philosophical elaborations of Italy's major thinkers! such as Gianni Vattimo! Remo Bodei! and Giorgio Agamben." Informationen zum Autor Roberto Esposito is Vice-Director and Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the Italian Institute for Human Sciences in Florence and Naples, Italy. Klappentext This book, itself by a major Italian philosopher, explores the distinctive traits of Italian theory and philosophy, reflecting on why it has been growing in popularity and why people have turned to it for answers to real-world issues and problems. Zusammenfassung This book, itself by a major Italian philosopher, explores the distinctive traits of Italian theory and philosophy, reflecting on why it has been growing in popularity and why people have turned to it for answers to real-world issues and problems.

Product details

• Authors: Roberto Esposito, Roberto/ Hanafi Esposito, Esposito Roberto
• Assisted by: Zakiya Hanafi (Translation)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2012
• EAN: 9780804781558
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-8155-8
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Cultural Memory in the Present; Cultural Memory in the Present
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works