{"product_id":"persons-and-things-from-the-bodys-point-of-view-hardback-9780745690643","title":"Persons and Things; From the Body's Point of View (Hardback) 9780745690643","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePersons and Things\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom the Body's Point of View\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRoberto Esposito (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745690643, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 March 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e144 pages\u003cbr\u003e19.7 x 12.8 x 1.9 cm, 0.268 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContinuing his elaboration of the dispositive of person first set out in Third Person, philosopher Roberto Esposito turns his attention in this new book to the often troubled relation between human being and thing. The result is not only a wondrous reading of the semantics of the person and thing. but also an invitation to consider ?the living body? of multitudes as a possible response. Working across the fields of political philosophy and law, Persons and Things offers the reader dazzling perspectives on person as thing and thing as person. This, quite simply, is a brilliant book.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTimothy Campbell, Cornell University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the relationship between persons and things? And how does the body transform this relationship? In this highly original new book, Roberto Esposito - one of Italy’s leading political philosophers - considers these questions and shows that starting from the body, rather than from the thing or the person, can help us to reconsider the status of both.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEver since its beginnings, our civilization has been based on a strict, unequivocal distinction between persons and things, founded on the instrumental domination of persons over things. This opposition arose out of ancient Roman law and persisted throughout modernity, to take its place in our current global market, where it continues to generate growing contradictions. Although the distinction seems to appear clear and necessary to us, what we are continually witnessing in legal, economic, and technological practice is a reversal of perspectives: some categories of persons are becoming assimilated with things, while some types of things are taking on a personal profile.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith his customary rigour, Roberto Esposito argues that there exists an escape route out of this paradox, constituted by a new point of view founded in the body. Neither a person nor a thing, the human body becomes the decisive element in rethinking the concepts and values that govern our philosophical, legal, and political lexicons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. Persons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePossession\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Division\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo in One\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUse and Abuse\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNon-persons\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. Things\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nothing of the Thing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWords and Things\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Value of Things\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDas Ding\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. Bodies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Status of the Body\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Power of the Body\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo Exist the Body\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Soul of Things\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical Bodies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407341580568,"sku":"9780745690643","price":34.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745690643.jpg?v=1784163575","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/persons-and-things-from-the-bodys-point-of-view-hardback-9780745690643","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}