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The political vocation of philosophy / Donatella Di Cesare ; translated by David Broder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Di Cesare, Donatella, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Sulla vocazione politica della filosofia. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 161 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1 The saturated immanence of the world p. 1
- 2 Heraclitus, wakefulness and the original communism p. 6
- 3 The narcosis of light: on the night of capital p. 12
- 4 The pólis: a calling p. 17
- 5 Wonder - a troubled passion p. 20
- 6 Between heavens and abysses p. 25
- 7 Socrates' atopia p. 31
- 8 A political death p. 38
- 9 Plato - when philosophy headed into exile within the city p. 47
- 10 Migrants of thought p. 50
- 11 'What is philosophy?' p. 56
- 12 Radical questions p. 62
- 13 The out-of-place of metaphysics p. 67
- 14 Dissent and critique p. 73
- 15 The twentieth century: breaks and traumas p. 79
- 16 After Heidegger p. 83
- 17 Against negotiators and normative philosophers p. 89
- 18 Ancilla democratiae: a dejected return p. 96
- 19 The poetry of clarity p. 101
- 20 Potent prophecies of the leap: Marx and Kierkegaard p. 104
- 21 The ecstasy of existence p. 115
- 22 For an exophilia p. 119
- 23 The philosophy of awakening p. 122
- 24 Fallen angels and rag-pickers p. 128
- 25 Anarchist postscript p. 131.
- Notes:
- Translated from the original Italian into English.
- "Originally published in Italian as Sulla vocazione politica della filosofia, 2018 Bollati Boringhieri editore, Torino."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 29, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Di Cesare, Donatella. Political vocation of philosophy.
- ISBN:
- 9781509548415
- 1509548416
- 9781509539437
- 1509539433
- Publisher Number:
- 40030651758
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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