It is time for philosophy to return to the city. In today's
crisis-ridden world of globalised capitalism, increasingly closed
in on itself, it may seem harder than ever to think of ways out.
Philosophy runs the risk of becoming the handmaiden of science and
of a hollowed-out democracy. Donatella Di Cesare calls on
philosophy instead to return to the political fray and to the city,
the global polis, from which it was banished after the death of
Socrates. Suggesting a radical existentialism and a new anarchism,
Di Cesare shows that Western philosophy has been characterised by a
political vocation ever since its origins in ancient Greece, and
argues that the separation of philosophy from its political roots
robs it of its most valuable and enlightening potential. But
critique and dissent are no longer enough. Mindful of a defeated
exile and an inner emigration, philosophers should return to
politics and forge an alliance with the poor and the downtrodden.
This passionate defence of the political relevance of philosophy
and its radical potential in our globalised world will be of great
interest to students and scholars of philosophy and to a wide
general readership.
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