The Third Person 1st (first) Edition by Esposito, Roberto published by Polity

by Roberto Esposito

Excellent Book

Genres: Philosophy, Theory

Paperback

First published April 1, 2007

About the author

Roberto Esposito was born in Naples where he graduated at University of Naples 'Federico II'.
He is Vice Director of the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, is Full Professor of Theoretical Philosophy and the coordinator of the doctoral programme in Philosophy.
For five years he was the only Italian member of the International Council of Scholars of the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris.
He was one of the founders of the European Political Lexicon Research Centre and the International Centre for a European Legal and Political Lexicon, which was established by a consortium made up of the Universities of Bologna, Florence, Padua, Salerno, Naples L'Orientale and Naples S. Orsola Benincasa.
He is co-editor of Filosofia Politica published by il Mulino, the 'Per la Storia della Filosofia Politica' series for publishers Franco Angeli, the series 'Storia e teoria politica' for publishers Bibliopolis and the series 'Comunità e Libertà' for Laterza.
He is editor of the 'Teoria e Oggetti' series published by Liguori and also acts as a philosophy consultant for publishers Einaudi.

Reviews

[Catalina Cabral Spuri · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Tercera persona" propone un recorrido crítico por la categoría de "persona", buscando desandar la equivalencia asumida entre existencia y existencia-personal. Partiendo del análisis de un presente en el que el alcance de los derechos humanos se revela insuficiente, Espósito asume la hipótesis de que esta crisis no se produce a pesar sino a partir de la categoría fundante de cualquier declaración de derechos, que es la de "persona". Después de revisar los orígenes de esta noción, se dispone a buscar una alternativa, y la encuentra justamente en la noción de "tercera persona" de Benveniste, que logra extrapolar luego a otros filósofos como Deleuze o Foucault.

[Jade Wootton · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the discussion of more concrete topics (organ donations and what that means for the definition of “person,” Nazism and its effects on personhood, the specialized language of the concentration camps) better than its underdeveloped exploration of various philosophers and their work on the third person. In general, I think I just enjoy theory that feels rooted in the tangible rather than the philosophical though, so maybe that’s just me.

[Silvana Silva · Rating 4 out of 5]

mostra como as categorias políticas de pessoa no Direito falharam em garantir os direitos humanos. Contundente e real.

[Nicole Elizabeth Davenport · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read Persons and Things and the Dispositif of the Person by the same writer before reading the Third Person and it just felt like the ideas were repetitive. I would recommend reading Persons and Things rather than this book.

[Steen Ledet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Significant engagement with human rights, posthuman theory, animal studies, and even Deleuze's concept of the event. Feels stronger in the rights/animal studies field, though.