Paulo Virno is one of the most radical and lucid thinkers of the postoperaist political tradition

Meditations Journal

This book places two key notions up against each other to imagine a new way of conceptualizing historical time. How do the experience of déjà vu and the idea 'End of History' relate to one another? Through thinkers like Bergson, Kojève and Nietzsche, Virno explores these constructs of memory and the passage of time. In showing how the experience of time becomes historical, Virno considers two fundamental concepts from Western philosophy: Power and The Act, reinterpreting these with respect to time. Through these, he elegantly constructs a radical new theory of historical temporality.
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This book places two key notions up against each other to imagine a new way of conceptualizing historical time.
This book places two key notions up against each other to imagine a new way of conceptualizing historical time.

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ISBN
9781781686119
Publisert
2015-02-03
Utgiver
Vendor
Verso Books
Vekt
310 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
200

Forfatter
Oversetter

Biographical note

Paolo Virno teaches Philosophy at the University of Rome. His recent books include A Grammar of the Multitude and Multitude: Between Innovation and Negation.