Philosophy, Mysticism, and the Political - Essays on Dante

Nine masterful essays on Dante's Divine Comedy and his political theology by one of today's leading Italian philosophers.

About the author

Massimo Cacciari is an Italian philosopher, politician, and public intellectual. He is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Italy. His many books include The Withholding Power: An Essay on Political Theology (translated by Edi Pucci). Alessandro Carrera is Professor of Italian Studies and World Cultures and Literatures at the University of Houston. His many books include Fellini's Eternal Rome: Paganism and Christianity in the Films of Federico Fellini. Giorgio Mobili is a poet and translator and teaches Italian and Spanish at California State University, Fresno. He is the author of Irritable Bodies and Postmodern Subjects in Pynchon, Puig, Volponi.

Product details

• Authors: Massimo Cacciari, Massimo/ Carrera Cacciari, Cacciari Massimo
• Assisted by: Alessandro Carrera (Editor), Alessandro Carrera (Introduction), Giorgio Mobili (Translation)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781438486888
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-8688-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Suny Contemporary Italian Phil; SUNY series in Contemporary Italian Philosophy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Political, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, RELIGION / Christianity / History, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian, RELIGION / Mysticism, Italy, Christianity, mysticism, Social & political philosophy, History of Religion, Religion & politics, social and political philosophy, Literature: history & criticism, Religion and Politics, Literature: history and criticism, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Christian Mysticism, Medieval Western philosophy