Paolo Virno - Böcker

The first English translation of the book that established Paolo Virno as one of the most influential Italian thinkers of his generation. With the 1986 publication of this book in Italy, Paolo Virno established himself as one of the most influenti...

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Over the past several decades, Italian revolutionary politics has offered a model for new forms of political thinking. Radical Thought in Italy continues that tradition by providing an original view of the potential for a radical democratic politi...

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As speaking animals, we continuously make use of an unassuming grammatical particle, without suspecting that what is at work in its inconspicuousness is a powerful apparatus, which orchestrates language, signification, and the world at large. What...

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A philosophical exploration of what capitalistic societies truly mean for the individual. A short vade mecum for unrepentant materialism, The Idea of World collects three essays by Italian philosopher Paulo Virno that are intricately wrapped aroun...

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Drawing from philosophy of language, political economics and ethics, Virno argues that the category of multitude, elaborated by Spinoza, is a far better tool to analyse contemporary issues than the Hobbesian concept of people, favoured by classica...

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The influential Italian thinker offers three essays in the political philosophy of language. Multitude between Innovation and Negation by Paolo Virno translated by James Cascaito. The publication of Paolo Virno's first book in English, Grammar of ...

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Virno's meditation on speech as an intrinsically political practice mediating between biological invariants and changing historical determinations. Originally published in Italian in 2002, When the Word Becomes Flesh provides a compelling contribu...

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Paolo Virno’s on the rich concept of the “multitude” as crucial to understanding contemporary life. Paolo Virno’s A Grammar of the Multitude became the Italian theorist’s best-known work in English, influencing a gene...

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This book places two key notions up against each other to imagine a new way of conceptualizing historical time. How do the experience of dj vu and the idea 'End of History' relate to one another? Through thinkers like Bergson, Kojve and ...

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This book places two key notions up against each other to imagine a new way of conceptualizing historical time. How do the experience of d,j, vu and the idea 'End of History' relate to one another? Through thinkers like Bergson, Koj,ve and Nietzsc...

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A vital addition to Seagulls growing Italian List that focuses on leftist Italian thought, bringing famous as well as little-known yet crucial voices into the English language. As speaking animals, we continuously make use of an unassuming grammat...

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Ausgangspunkt ist die These, dass der Begriff der »Multitude«, ganz im Gegensatz zu dem sowohl im wissenschaftlichen wie im politischen Diskurs etablierten Begriff »Volk«, ein unverzichtbares Werkzeug darstellt, um heute über das Politische, ...

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Multitudens grammatik är den italienske filosofen Paolo Virnos internationellt mest kända bok. Denna tunna skrift har använts av och påverkat alltifrån samhällsvetare och ekonomer till aktivister och konstnärer. Multitudens grammatik handlar om va...

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