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Introduction [to: Political Ontology and Community, ed. by Laura Cremonesi, Rita Fulco and Valentina Surace, New York, Suny Press, 2025]
No full textGli esercizi spirituali della musica : improvvisazione e creazione
No full textEsercizi spirituali: prima di essere una costruzione concettuale, la filosofia antica era un cammino preparato e accompagnato da esercizi per trasformare la propria visione del mondo e il proprio modo di vivere. Gli scritti di Arnold I. Davidson qui raccolti mostrano come questo cammino sia percorribile ancora oggi, non necessariamente seguendo solo la strada delle categorie tradizionali della filosofia, ma sperimentando altri percorsi, come quello dell’improvvisazione musicale, che secondo Davidson è in grado di diventare un altro genere di pratica filosofica. Pensando insieme straordinari musicisti come Cecil Taylor, Sonny Rollins e Steve Lacy e grandi filosofi come Pierre Hadot, Michel Foucault e Stanley Cavell, l’autore si domanda cosa significhi pensare l’etica e la politica come pratiche di libertà, come atti creativi che danno una forma individuale e collettiva al nostro ethos e al nostro modo di vivere
From Biopolitics to Common Immunity : The Role of Michel Foucault in the Philosophy of Roberto Esposito
No full textOne of the thinkers of Contemporary French Philosophy who has been particularly influential in Esposito’s philosophy is certainly Michel Foucault. As it is known, Esposito’s relevant concept of “affermative biopolitics” is rooted in a critical reading of Foucauldian biopolitics and its impact on recent philosophical debates. Starting from the crucial link between politics and life highlighted by Foucault, in his book Bios. biopolitica e filosofia (Einaudi, Torino 2004) Esposito explores all its implications: from its thanatopolitical outcome to its potential, further reversal in the possibility of affirming a politics of life.
In the last two years, following the event of the pandemic, the Foucauldian concept of biopolitics has become once again the focus of philosophical attention, in a debate to which Esposito has made an important contribution with his most recent book: Immunità comune. Biopolitica all’epoca della pandemia (Einaudi, Torino 2022).
Although Foucault’s presence is clearly visible in many other aspects of Esposito’s philosophy, in these two moments Esposito’s dialogue with Foucault is particularly intense and it allows him to take part in important political-philosophical debates, concerning some urgent issues of our present time. In Foucault’s terms, we could say that Esposito’s dialogue with this French philosopher is often part of that crucial, philosophical task called by Foucault the “diagnosis of our present”. This chapter aims to investigate these two moments of Esposito’s dialogue with Foucault, in order to highlight their philosophical and political implications
Philosophy, critique and the present : the question of autonomy in Michel Foucault’s thought
No full textPolitical ontology, community, and institutions : Roberto Esposito in dialogue with contemporary thinkers
No full textPolitical Ontology, Community, and Institutions offers a broad view of the current philosophical dialogue in Italy, both in relation to Robert Esposito's own thought and with respect to major issues and authors of crucial philosophical relevance. From his earliest works, Esposito questions the crisis of politics and why thought is unable to convincingly respond to it. He does so by distancing himself not only from political theology but also from those paradigms-destituent and constituent-that have lost nowadays much of their analytical and propositional capacity. However, his proposal is not only critical. Esposito's thought relates to our present through the creation of new categories-among the most recent, those of "instituting thought" and "common immunity"-capable of opening a breach in an apparently increasingly closed horizon. Therefore, dealing with his thought means, first of all, dealing with our present. This is the main goal of this volume, which focuses on Esposito's dialogue with major contemporary thinkers. Also included is an unpublished interview with Esposito conducted by the editors
L'esercizio della distanza : Foucault, Hadot, Ginzburg
No full textIn un un noto passaggio de L’usages des plaisirs (Gallimard 1984) Michel Foucault scriveva: “Che cosa è, dunque, la filosofia, oggi – voglio dire l’attività filosofica – se non il lavoro critico del pensiero su se stesso? Se non consiste, invece di legittimare ciò che si sa già, nel cominciare a sapere come e fino a qual punto sarebbe possibile pensare in modo diverso?” Il compito che Foucault ci affida è quello di dar luogo a un esercizio filosofico di presa di distanza da noi stessi, in cui si apre lo spazio della critica. Questo volume descrive solo alcuni dei possibili esercizi della distanza, quelli che autori diversi tra loro come Michel Foucault, Pierre Hadot e Carlo Ginzburg ci hanno proposto con i loro lavori. Trasfigurazione, straniamento e spaesamento sono le figure che appaiono in questo libro a illustrare il compito – difficile e mai concluso – della presa di distanza da sé: insieme compongono il profilo dello spectator novus, che apprende a vedere il mondo come se gli apparisse per la prima volta
Transfiguration et critique : Foucault, Baudelaire et l’ontologie du présent
No full textSorprendentemente, la figura de Charles Baudelaire aparece en el texto de Michel Foucault dedicado a las Luces y a la “Respuesta” de Kant a la pregunta: Was ist Aufklärung ? Foucault se apoya en El pintor de la vida moderna de Baudelaire para caracterizar la “actitud de la modernidad”. En su descripción del trabajo del dibujante Constantin Guys, Baudelaire habría agarrado el rasgo principal de esta actitud: “En el momento en que el mundo entero entra en el sueño, él se pone a trabajar y lo transfigura. Transfiguración que no es cancelación de lo real, sino juego difícil entre la verdad de lo real y el ejercicio de la libertad […] Para la actitud de la modernidad, el alto valor del presente es indisociable del empeño en imaginarlo, en imaginarlo de otro modo que no es y en transformarlo no destruyéndolo, sino capturándolo en lo que es. La modernidad baudelairiana es un ejercicio en el que la extrema atención a lo real se enfrenta a la practica de una libertad que a la vez respeta este real y lo viola”. El articulo consistirá en un comentario de este texto, con el fin de demostrar que la idea de “transfiguración” que desempeña un papel central en este pasaje, puede utilizarse para comprender mejor la idea foucaldiana de crítica: una descripción que capta las determinaciones históricas que han constituido nuestro presente (a través de investigaciones arqueológicas y genealógicas) y que, al mismo tiempo, muestra las posibilidades abiertas de transformación y de novedad (a través de la ontología del presente). En el centro de la crítica como tarea de la filosofía, se encuentra en Foucault, junto a Kant, la figura literaria de Baudelaire.De manière quelque peu surprenante, la figure de Charles Baudelaire apparaît au cœur de l’écrit de Michel Foucault consacré aux Lumières et à la Réponse de Kant à la question : Was ist Aufklärung? Foucault s’appuie sur Le peintre de la vie moderne de Baudelaire pour caractériser celle qui, à son avis, doit être considérée comme l’attitude de la modernité. Dans sa description du travail du dessinateur Constantin Guys, Baudelaire aurait capturé le trait principal de cette attitude : «À l’heure où le monde entier entre en sommeil, il se met, lui, au travail, et il le transfigure. Transfiguration qui n’est pas annulation du réel, mais jeu difficile entre la vérité du réel et l’exercice de la liberté. […] Pour l’attitude de modernité, la haute valeur du présent est indissociable de l’acharnement à l’imaginer, à l’imaginer autrement qu’il n’est et à le transformer non pas en le détruisant, mais en le captant dans ce qu’il est. La modernité baudelairienne est un exercice où l’extrême attention au réel est confrontée à la pratique d’une liberté qui toute à la fois respecte ce réel et le viole». La communication consistera dans un commentaire de ce texte, afin de montrer que l’idée de « transfiguration », qui joue un rôle central dans ce passage, peut être utilisée pour mieux comprendre l’idée foucaldienne de critique : une description qui capte les déterminations historiques qui ont constitué notre présent (à travers des recherches archéologiques et généalogiques) et, en même temps, montre les possibilités ouvertes de transformation et d’inauguration de nouveauté (à travers l’ontologie historique du présent). Au cœur de la critique comme tâche de la philosophie, on trouve chez Foucault, à coté de Kant, la figure littéraire de Baudelaire
La biopolítica en tiempos de pandemia. Sobre algunas reflexiones de Roberto Esposito a partir de Foucault
No full textResumen: Este artículo aborda cómo el tema foucaultiano de la biopolítica ha vuelto al centro de atención de la filosofía italiana durante el periodo pandémico. En particular, el artículo se centra en el pensamiento de Roberto Esposito, quien, en su último libro, Immunità comune. La biopolitica nell’epoca della pandemia (2022), ha retomado algunas de sus reflexiones anteriores sobre la biopolítica (cf. Bios. Biopolitica e filosofia, 2004), actualizándolas respecto a la situación actual. Esto le ha permitido posicionarse en el debate sobre la pandemia y hablar de la posibilidad de utilizar la categoría foucaultiana de biopolítica para comprender nuestro presente y esbozar las formas actuales de acción política.
Abstract: This article discusses how the Foucauldian theme of biopolitics has returned to the center of attention in Italian philosophy during the pandemic period. In particular, the article focuses on the thought of Roberto Esposito, who, in his latest book, Immunità comune. La biopolitica nell’epoca della pandemia (2022), has revisited some of his previous reflections on biopolitics (cf. Bios. Biopolitica e filosofia, 2004), updating them in light of the current situation. This has allowed him to position himself in the debate on the pandemic and discuss the possibility of using the Foucauldian category of biopolitics to understand our present and outline current forms of political action
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