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Author: Dr Tim Christiaens (Tilburg University, the Netherlands) ,
Dr Joost de Bloois (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) ,
Dr Stijn De Cauwer (University of Leiden, the Netherlands)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:
Width: 14.80cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 21.80cm
Weight: 0.440kg
ISBN: 9781350407602
ISBN 10: 1350407607
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 22 January 2026
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
An essential guide to Italian thought blending historical insights with contemporary debates on biopolitics, posthumanism, and environmentalism. Perfect for anyone exploring Italian intellectual traditions and their impact on contemporary socio-political discourse. * Federica Pedriali, Professor of Literary Metatheory and Modern Italian Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK *
An essential guide to Italian thought blending historical insights with contemporary debates on biopolitics, posthumanism, and environmentalism. Perfect for anyone exploring Italian intellectual traditions and their impact on contemporary socio-political discourse. * Federica Pedriali, Professor of Literary Metatheory and Modern Italian Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK * This introduction to contemporary Italian thought not only broadens its boundaries, but shifts the point of observation to the new global horizon in which we live. In this perspective, excellently articulated by the editors, alongside the paradigms of biopolitics and workerism, the great themes of the posthuman and postcolonial, of digitalization and environmentalism assume ever greater importance. The gaze towards the ‘outside’ that has characterized Italian Thought from the beginning is thus being filled with new contents and new languages. * Roberto Esposito, Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy * In this remarkable study, Tim Christiaens, Joost de Bloois, and Stijn De Cauwer significantly increase our understanding of a body of contemporary thought that is as undoubtedly influential as it is difficult to pin down. While grounded in the foundational contributions of well-known figures like Agamben, Negri, and Esposito, this work shows how a wide range of thinkers within the Italian diaspora have intervened into contemporary debates on biopolitics, neofascism, and other urgent issues. * Adam Kotsko, North Central College, USA * An Introduction to Contemporary Italian Thought represents an original contribution and an important development in the debate on Italian thought. While drawing on its main categories and taking stock of the debate so far, this book updates and renews it, bringing Italian thought into confrontation with the current issues that most characterize the contemporary world. * Dario Gentili, Roma Tre University, Italy *
Author Information
Tim Christiaens is Assistant Professor of Economic Ethics at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. Joost de Bloois is Associate Professor of Cultural and Literary Analysis at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Stijn De Cauwer is Assistant Professor at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, the Netherlands.
