Equality and Vulnerability in the Context of Italian Political Philosophy
Italian Efficacy
Springer
ISBN 978-3-031-35552-3
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Ratgeber
Buch. Hardcover
2023
In englischer Sprache
Umfang: vii, 135 S.
Format (B x L): 15,5 x 23,5 cm
Gewicht: 389
Verlag: Springer
ISBN: 978-3-031-35552-3
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The second theme that emerges through the respective chapters (each of which constitutes the text for a lesson in a course for Ph.D. students) is that of the relationship between “equality” and “vulnerability.” Here the idea is to elaborate a concept of “vulnerability” that is not underpinned by what we in Italy call an “anthropology,” that is, a fixed notion of human nature. Instead this concept should be comprehensible and graspable solely on the basis of the recognition of decisions and actions that are merely “efficacious,” that function “for what they are, and what they do.” This recognition doesn’t even need to be explicitly articulated by these authors with any specific, deliberately conscious awareness.
The goal is not to identify a precise tradition of thought, one which elaborates a given line of reflection, but rather to highlight certain “themes” that emerge in the texts examined, even as the authors write with and for their own specific,contingent set of motives, which differ from time to time and place to place. These authors include some who are widely known, such as Dante, Machiavelli, and Beccaria. At times they are figures who typify certain key historical episodes, such as the Risorgimento (Giuseppe Mazzini) or Fascism (Cesare Lombroso and Santi Romano), while others reflect certain aspects of a contemporary debate (Pasolini and the “Braibanti affair”).
The book is based on lectures given for a 2021 Ph.D. Course at the University of California, Berkeley’s Department of Italian Studies.
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Sheds new light on critical aspects of Italian political philosophy Highlights certain “themes” that emerge in the texts examined Explores e.g. Dante and Machiavelli through the lens of current hot topics like vulnerability and equality
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