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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821468403321

Autore

Esposito Roberto <1950->

Titolo

Terms of the political [[electronic resource] ] : community, immunity, biopolitics / / Roberto Esposito ; translated by Rhiannon Noel Welch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8232-4268-4

0-8232-4627-2

0-8232-4267-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Collana

Commonalities

Altri autori (Persone)

WelchRhiannon Noel

Disciplina

320.01

Soggetti

Political science - Philosophy

Biopolitics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION: BIOPOLITICS AND COMMUNITY IN ROBERTO ESPOSITO""; ""THE LAW OF COMMUNITY""; ""MELANCHOLY AND COMMUNITY""; ""IMMUNITARY DEMOCRACY""; ""FREEDOM AND IMMUNITY""; ""IMMUNIZATION AND VIOLENCE""; ""BIOPOLITICS AND PHILOSOPHY""; ""NAZISM AND US""; ""POLITICS AND HUMAN NATURE""; ""TOTALITARIANISM OR BIOPOLITICS: TOWARD A PHILOSOPHICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY""; ""TOWARD A PHILOSOPHY OF THE IMPERSONAL""; ""COMMUNITY AND VIOLENCE""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""

Sommario/riassunto

This title calls for the opening of political thought toward a re-signification of terms - such as 'community,' 'immunity,' 'biopolitics,' and 'the impersonal' - in ways that affirm rather than negate life.