Living Thought - 9780804781565

Living ThoughtThe Origins and Actuality of Italian Philosophy\nAuthor(s): Roberto Esposito, Zakiya Hanafi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780804781565, 978-0804781565\nSynopsis\nThe work of contemporary Italian thinkers, what Roberto Esposito refers to as Italian Theory, is attracting increasing attention around the world. This book explores the reasons for its growing popularity, its distinguishing traits, and why people are turning to these authors for answers to real-world issues and problems. The approach he takes, in line with the keen historical consciousness of Italian thinkers themselves, is a historical one. He offers insights into the great \""unphilosophical\"" philosophers of lifepoets, painters, politicians and revolutionaries, film-makers and literary criticswho have made Italian thought, from its beginnings, an \""impure\"" thought. People like Machiavelli, Croce, Gentile, and Gramsci we.