Name: The Political Vocation of Philosophy
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Author: Donatella Di Cesare
ISBN: 9781509539413

portada The Political Vocation of Philosophy

Type

Physical Book

Author

Donatella Di Cesare

Translated by

David Broder

Publisher

Polity Press

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

146

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.8x14x2 cm

Weight

0.34 kg.

ISBN13

9781509539413

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Political Vocation of Philosophy"

It is time for philosophy to return to the city. In today's crisis-ridden world of globalised capitalism, increasingly closed in on itself, it may seem harder than ever to think of ways out. Philosophy runs the risk of becoming the handmaiden of science and of a hollowed-out democracy. Donatella Di Cesare calls on philosophy instead to return to the political fray and to the city, the global pólis, from which it was banished after the death of Socrates. Suggesting a radical existentialism and a new anarchism, Di Cesare shows that Western philosophy has been characterised by a political vocation ever since its origins in ancient Greece, and argues that the separation of philosophy from its political roots robs it of its most valuable and enlightening potential. But critique and dissent are no longer enough. Mindful of a defeated exile and an inner emigration, philosophers should return to politics and forge an alliance with the poor and the downtrodden. This passionate defence of the political relevance of philosophy and its radical potential in our globalised world will be of great interest to students and scholars of philosophy and to a wide general readership.

Donatella Di Cesare

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Donatella Di Cesare es profesora de Filosofía Teórica en el Departamento de Filosofía y en la Escuela Superior de Estudios Avanzados de la Universidad La Sapienza de Roma. Autora traducida a numerosos idiomas, entre sus obras destacan Terror y modernidad (2017), Marranos. El otro del otro (2018), Extranjeros residentes. Una filosofía de la migración (2020, galardonado con los premios Pozzale y Sila), Sobre la vocación política de la filosofía (2021), El complot en el poder (2021), Democracia y anarquía. El poder en la polis (2024) y Tecnofascismo (2025).

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