The 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
life--poets, painters, politicians and revolutionaries, film-makers
and literary critics--who have made Italian thought, from its
beginnings, an "impure" thought. People like Machiavelli, Croce,
Gentile, and Gramsci were all compelled to fulfill important
political roles in the societies of their times. No wonder they
felt that the abstract vocabulary and concepts of pure philosophy
were inadequate to express themselves. Similarly, artists such as
Dante, Leonardo Da Vinci, Leopardi, or Pasolini all had to turn to
other disciplines outside philosophy in order to discuss and
grapple with the messy, constantly changing realities of their
lives.
For this very reason, says Esposito, because Italian thinkers have
always been deeply engaged with the concrete reality of life
(rather than closed up in the introspective pursuits of traditional
continental philosophy) and because they have looked for the
answers of today in the origins of their own historical roots,
Italian theory is a "living thought." Hence the relevance or
actuality that it holds for us today.
Continuing in this tradition, the work of Roberto Esposito is
distinguished by its interdisciplinary breadth. In this book, he
passes effortlessly from literary criticism to art history, through
political history and philosophy, in an expository style that
welcomes non-philosophers to engage in the most pressing problems
of our times. As in all his works, Esposito is inclusive rather
than exclusive; in being so, he celebrates the affirmative potency
of life.
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