{"product_id":"politics-and-negation-for-an-affirmative-philosophy-paperback-softback-9781509536627","title":"Politics and Negation; For an Affirmative Philosophy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509536627","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePolitics and Negation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFor an Affirmative Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRoberto Esposito (Author), Zakiya Hanafi (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509536627, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 November 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFor some while we have been witnessing a series of destructive phenomena which seem to indicate a full-fledged return to the negative on the world stage – from terrorism and armed conflict to the threat of environmental catastrophe.  At the same time, politics seems increasingly impotent in the face of these threats.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this book, the leading Italian philosopher Roberto Esposito reconstructs the genealogy of the reciprocal intertwining of politics and negation.  He retraces the intensification of negation in the thought of various thinkers, from Schmitt and Freud to Heidegger, and examines the negative slant of some of our fundamental political categories, such as sovereignty, property and freedom.   Against the centrality of negation, Esposito proposes an affirmative philosophy that does not negate or repress negation but radically rethinks it in the positive cipher of difference, determination and opposition. The result is a rigorous and original pathway which, in the tension between affirmation and negation, recognizes the disturbing traumas of our time, as well as the harbingers of what awaits at its limits.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This highly original and timely book will be of great value to students and scholars in philosophy, cultural theory and the humanities more generally, and to anyone interested in contemporary European thought.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Glosses\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter One\u003cbr\u003e 1. Enemy and Friend\u003cbr\u003e 2. Negative Terms\u003cbr\u003e 3. Denials\u003cbr\u003e 4. Being and nothingness\u003cbr\u003e 5. Being-to-death\u003cbr\u003e Glosses\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two\u003cbr\u003e 1. Annihilations\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sovereign Negation\u003cbr\u003e 3. Not common \u003cbr\u003e 4. Negative freedom\u003cbr\u003e 5. In the Reverse of the People\u003cbr\u003e Glosses\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter Three\u003cbr\u003e 1. Difference\u003cbr\u003e 2. Determination\u003cbr\u003e 3. Opposition\u003cbr\u003e Glosses\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index of names\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":52253115875608,"sku":"9781509536627","price":17.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509536627.jpg?v=1781271261","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/politics-and-negation-for-an-affirmative-philosophy-paperback-softback-9781509536627","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}