What can Montesquieu still teach us today? Montesquieu was the first political writer who first formulated the principles of separation of powers and the independence […]
The Public Sphere and the Populist Challenge
In the sixties and seventies the public spheres in Western countries were places of critique. Various kinds of social movements democratised institutions and political culture. […]
Relations. Ontology And Philosophy Of Religion
Introduction of the book Relations. Ontology And Philosophy Of Religion Edited by Daniele Bertini and Damiano Migliorini (1) 1. Once again: why relations? […]
ON Self-employMENT: AN EXCERPT FROM SERGIO BOLOGNA’S NEW BOOK
Introduction of ‘The Rise of the European Self-employed Workforce’ by Sergio Bologna There are different ways to read these essays, which were written over the […]
Relations. Ontology and Philosophy of Religion
In 1924, B. Russell claimed the crucial importance of relations to our understanding of many unresolved philosophical problems. Such observation is more than fundamental for […]
DISLOCATIONS BY LORENA PRETA
An excerpt from ‘Dislocations’, introduction of the book ‘Dislocated Subject’ by Lorena Preta (Dislocated Subject, 2018, Mimesis International) “A stamping ground for wild asses” There […]
Philosophical News n. 13 – Goodness – December 2016
Editor-in-Chief: Elisa Grimi Editorial board: Federica Basaglia, Marco Bellia, Damiano Bondi, Marco Damonte, Brian Lapsa, Christopher Owens, Anna Piazza, Alessio Ruggiero, Stefano Santasilia, Emanuela Tangari, […]
Vulnerability as Generativity. Undoing Parenthood in a Gylanic Perspective
This book focuses on parenthood and generativity, considered not only a set of biological functions, but as human and socio-cultural capabilities above and beyond gender […]
From Vanitas to Veritas. John Donne and the Journey of the Soul
An overview of the complex world of John Donne’s poetry and specifically of his reflections on the theme of the journey of the soul. Donne’s […]