BIOS: Biopolitics and Philosophy Volume 4

by Roberto Esposito

Book Overview

Roberto Esposito is one of the most prolific and important exponents of contemporary Italian political theory. Bíos-his first book to be translated into English-builds on two decades of highly regarded thought, including his thesis that the modern individual-with all of its civil and political rights as well as its moral powers-is an attempt to attain immunity from the contagion of the extraindividual, namely, the community. In Bíos, Esposito applies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816649901
• ISBN13: 9780816649907
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"