LEADER 04191nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910823039703321 005 20230801225301.0 010 $a0-8047-8648-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804786485 035 $a(CKB)2670000000276988 035 $a(EBL)1074034 035 $a(OCoLC)819635304 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000780323 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12345071 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000780323 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10785731 035 $a(PQKB)11173061 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1074034 035 $a(DE-B1597)563647 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804786485 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1074034 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10627778 035 $a(OCoLC)1178769931 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000276988 100 $a20120813d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiving thought$b[electronic resource] $ethe origins and actuality of Italian philosophy /$fRoberto Esposito ; translated by Zakiya Hanafi 210 $aStanford, Calif. $cStanford University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 225 0 $aCultural Memory in the Present 300 $a"Originally published in Italian under the title Pensiero vivente: Origine e attualita? della filosofia italiana." 311 0 $a0-8047-8155-9 311 0 $a0-8047-8156-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFront matter --$tTable of Contents --$tIllustrations --$tNote on the Book?s Title --$tI. The Italian Difference --$tII. The Power of the Origin --$tIII. Philosophy/Life --$tIV. Thought in Action --$tV. The Return of Italian Philosophy --$tCultural Memory in the Present 330 $aThe work of contemporary Italian thinkers, what Roberto Esposito refers to as Italian Theory, is attracting increasing attention around the world. This book explores the reasons for its growing popularity, its distinguishing traits, and why people are turning to these authors for answers to real-world issues and problems. The approach he takes, in line with the keen historical consciousness of Italian thinkers themselves, is a historical one. He offers insights into the great "unphilosophical" philosophers of life?poets, painters, politicians and revolutionaries, film-makers and literary critics?who have made Italian thought, from its beginnings, an "impure" thought. People like Machiavelli, Croce, Gentile, and Gramsci were all compelled to fulfill important political roles in the societies of their times. No wonder they felt that the abstract vocabulary and concepts of pure philosophy were inadequate to express themselves. Similarly, artists such as Dante, Leonardo Da Vinci, Leopardi, or Pasolini all had to turn to other disciplines outside philosophy in order to discuss and grapple with the messy, constantly changing realities of their lives. For this very reason, says Esposito, because Italian thinkers have always been deeply engaged with the concrete reality of life (rather than closed up in the introspective pursuits of traditional continental philosophy) and because they have looked for the answers of today in the origins of their own historical roots, Italian theory is a "living thought." Hence the relevance or actuality that it holds for us today. Continuing in this tradition, the work of Roberto Esposito is distinguished by its interdisciplinary breadth. In this book, he passes effortlessly from literary criticism to art history, through political history and philosophy, in an expository style that welcomes non-philosophers to engage in the most pressing problems of our times. As in all his works, Esposito is inclusive rather than exclusive; in being so, he celebrates the affirmative potency of life. 410 0$aCultural Memory in the Present 606 $aPhilosophy, Italian 615 0$aPhilosophy, Italian. 676 $a195 700 $aEsposito$b Roberto$f1950-$0324907 701 $aHanafi$b Zakiya$f1959-$0293159 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823039703321 996 $aLiving thought$94015136 997 $aUNINA