Passage West Philosophy after the Age of the Nation State

Name: Passage West Philosophy after the Age of the Nation State
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ISBN: 9781844678525

ISBN-10: 1844678520

ISBN-13: 9781844678525

Edition: 2012

Authors: Giacomo Marramao, Matteo Mandarini

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In this ambitious work, Giacomo Marramao proposes a radical reconceptualization of the world system in our era of declining state sovereignty. He argues that globalization cannot be reduced to mere economics or summarized by phrases such as the end of history or the westernization of the world. Instead, we find ourselves embarking on a passage—the journey to the post-Leviathan world—that is destined to transform all civilizations and forms of life. Building on the great interwar discussion between Spengler, Jünger, Schmitt and Heidegger, Marramao’s new work confronts Habermas, Derrida and post-colonialism. Arguing against the classic Western pretension to universal norms of democracy and…

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List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 8/24/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.07" wide x 9.24" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Giacomo Marramao is Professor of Political and Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Rome III and Director of the Fondazione Basso. His publications include KairÃ³s: Towards an Ontology of Due Time and La passione del presente.



Preface to the English Edition


Note to the Reader



Nostalgia for the Present



Identity and Contingency: Zones of Conflict



Dï¿½mmerung - the Twilight of Sovereignty: State, Subjects and Fundamental Rights



The Exile of the Nomos: Carl Schmitt and the globale Zeit



Gift, Exchange, Obligation: Karl Polanyi and Social Philosophy



Universalism and Politics of Difference: Democracy as a Paradoxical Community



The Oriental Mirror: Voltaire and the Roots of Intolerance



Ciphers of Difference



Europe After the Leviathan: Technology, Politics, Constitution



After Babel: Towards a Cosmopolitanism of Difference


Afterword: Conflicted Ties by Antonio Negri


Bibliography


Index