Roberto Esposito (philosopher)

Roberto Esposito ( born 1950 in Naples ) is an Italian philosopher who is concerned in his more recent publications on the topic of biopolitics in modernity.

Life and work

Esposito teaches philosophy and political science at the University of Naples " Orientale ". He is co-director of the journal Filosofia Politica and a founding member of the Centro per la Ricerca sul Lessico Politico Europeo based in Bologna. In addition, he is an employee of the political magazine Micromega.

Esposito problematized in his work philosophical and political concepts and combines them in a historical and theoretical bio-political point of view, new, non-illuminated to highlight aspects of their meaning. This results in a spectrum of interpretation, which is located at the intersection of philosophy, anthropology, literature and theology.

Through analyzes of the political categories of classics of modern and contemporary thought (from Machiavelli to Carl Schmitt, from Hannah Arendt to Simone Weil, by Georges Bataille and to Leo Strauss), he emphasizes the limits of politics that is constantly confronted with its lively shape looks ( "bios "). In his books he borrows from Giorgio Agamben, whose name he still hardly cited.

Writings

German editions

• 2004: Immunitas. Protection and negation of life, Zurich / Berlin: diaphanes
• 2004: Communitas. Origin and paths of the community, Zurich / Berlin: diaphanes
• 2010: person and human life, Zurich / Berlin: diaphanes

Italian editions

• Man
• Born in 1950
• Italian
• Philosopher ( 20th century)
• Philosopher ( 21st century)