{"product_id":"the-bloomsbury-italian-philosophy-reader-9781350112834","title":"The Bloomsbury Italian Philosophy Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eItalian philosophy constitutes one of the most vibrant and fruitful areas in contemporary thought, bringing extraordinary novelty to some of the oldest tropes, from human nature to the relation between political power and life, the thinking of actuality and potential, and the nature of work and labour. This reader includes texts by the most renowned thinkers, from Dante and Machiavelli to Giorgio Agamben, Antonio Negri, and Roberto Esposito, all of which are introduced by an expert on the particular thinker, and situated within the context of their work as a whole.\u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Italian Philosophy Reader \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a unique resource for students and scholars alike, covering the history of Italian thought to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis welcome volume cohesively brings together some of the major thinkers of the history of Italian philosophy, from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance to the contemporary period. Readings are introduced by brief informative essays written by specialists that act as useful philosophical mind-maps for readers.  The excerpts from primary writings capture central positions and ideas that have come to shape and influence readers and thinkers from around the world. The book helps provide an important survey of the rich and varied schools that have come to form Italian philosophy. * Antonio Calcagno, Professor and Chair of Philosophy, King’s University College at Western University, Canada *\u003cbr\u003eThis volume brings welcome attention to an important tradition in Continental Philosophy which has too often remained in the shadows of its French and German neighbours. Italian philosophy appears here as political, practical, and transformative; intimately close to the concerns of life. * Ashley Woodward, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Dundee, Scotland *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction,\u003ci\u003e Michael Lewis and David Rose (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart I: The Historical Context\u003c\/b\u003e 1.       Dante 2.       Pico della Mirandola 3.       Niccolò Machiavelli 4.       Giordano Bruno 5.       Giambattista Vico 6.       Benedetto Croce 7.       Giovanni Gentile 8.       Antonio Gramsci 9.       Phenomenology and Marxism in Milan 10.   Luigi Pareyson  \u003cb\u003ePart II: Contemporary thinkers\u003c\/b\u003e 11.   Giorgio Agamben  12.   Massimo Cacciari 13.   Adriana Cavarero  14.   Roberto Esposito  15.   Silvia Federici  16.   Maurizio Ferraris  17.   Simona Forti  18.   Maurizio Lazzarato 19.   Christian Marazzi  20.   Luisa Muraro  21.   Antonio Negri  22.   Massimo Recalcati  23.   Emanuele Severino  24.   Davide Tarizzo  25.   Mario Tronti  26.   Gianni Vattimo  27.   Paolo Virno   \u003ci\u003eTimeline\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019628249431,"sku":"9781350112834","price":97.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350112834.jpg?v=1750780832","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-bloomsbury-italian-philosophy-reader-9781350112834","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}