Comunidad, inmunidad y biopolítica

by Roberto Esposito, Alicia García Ruiz (Translator)

Comunidad, inmunidad y biopolítica son los términos que indican la clausura del léxico político moderno en una época que se desplaza mucho más allá de sus límites. También son palabras que inauguran un nuevo modo de pensar la política en el momento que más interpela a la vida, entendida en su dimensión biológica. Se trata, en suma, de las categorías fundamentales mediante las cuales Roberto Esposito elabora un pensamiento que se encuentra entre los más reconocidos y originales de la filosofía continental contemporánea.

"¿Qué es, qué puede ser, una política que ya no piense la vida como objeto sino como sujeto de política? Una política, así, ya no sobre la vida sino de la vida. Son preguntas que, evidentemente, no pueden responderse en una investigación individual, sino que reclaman un esfuerzo colectivo al que estamos todos convocados."

Genres: Philosophy, Politics

204 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

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

[Baglan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a great book that every time I look at my highlights from this book, I lose sense of time. Double-digit stars out of 5.

[Gatlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A professor of mine turned me on to this book by having us read chapters of it for his class. I pursued reading the rest of the book and found it extremely engaging. Esposito poses some real tough questions here and plays the role of a Derridean Political Theorist.

[Jelena · Rating 3 out of 5]

After having read a lot of Agamben, not much of this mind-blowing... but a decent read nonetheless. I also really like the cover.

[Mar Machado · Rating 4 out of 5]

Redell m’ha costat la vida