“I have but one language—yet that language is not mine.” This book intertwines theoretical reflection with historical and cultural particularity to enunciate, then analyze this conundrum in terms of the author’s own relationship to the French language. The book operates on three levels. At the first level, a theoretical inquiry investigates the relation between individuals and ...(展开全部)

In this book Roberto Esposito explores the conceptual trajectories of two of the twentieth century’s most vital thinkers of the political: Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil. Taking Homer’s Iliad—that “great prism through which every gesture has the possibility of becoming public, precisely by being observed by others”— as the common origin and point of departure for our understandi...(展开全部)

Roberto Esposito is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa. His many books in English include Bios: Biopolitics and Philosophy and Two: The Machine of Political Theology and the Place of Thought (Fordham). Gareth Williams is Professor of Spanish and Latin American & Caribbean Studies at the University of Michigan, where he is Chair of the De...(展开全部)

In this book Roberto Esposito explores the conceptual trajectories of two of the twentieth century’s most vital thinkers of the political: Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil. Taking Homer’s Iliad—that “great prism through which every gesture has the possibility of becoming public, precisely by being observed by others”— as the common origin and point of departure for our understandi...(展开全部)

埃伦·米克辛斯·伍德（Ellen Meikins Wood），1942年生于美国纽约市，1962年在加州大学伯克利分校获斯拉夫语言文学学士，1970年在加州大学洛杉矶分校获哲学博士，研究领域为政治学。其主要学术经历如下：1967—1996年执教于加拿大约克大学葛伦登学院，1996年入选加拿大皇家学会会员，1984—1993年担任英国著名左翼期刊《新左派评论》（New Left Review）编委会委员，1997—2000年担任独立社会主义杂志《每月评论》（Monthly Review）主编。伍德是当代著名政治理论家、马克思主义理论家，开创了“政治理论的社会史”这一政治思想史研究的新路径。她与著名历史学家罗伯特·布伦纳（Robert Brenner）共同被誉为“政治马克思主义”这一重要流派的开创者与奠基人。最新著作有：《西方政治思想的社会史：从古代到中...(展开全部)

Capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor is it simply an extension of age-old practices of trade and commerce. In this original and provocative book Ellen Meiksins Wood reminds us that capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor is it simply an extension of age-old practices of trade and commerce. Rather, it is ...(展开全部)

How did the dynamic economic system we know as capitalism develop among the peasants and lords of feudal Europe? In The Origin of Capitalism, a now-classic work of history, Ellen Meiksins Wood offers readers a clear and accessible introduction to the theories and debates concerning the birth of capitalism, imperialism, and the modern nation state. Capitalism is not a natural an...(展开全部)

How did the dynamic economic system we know as capitalism develop among the peasants and lords of feudal Europe? In The Origin of Capitalism, a now-classic work of history, Ellen Meiksins Wood offers readers a clear and accessible introduction to the theories and debates concerning the birth of capitalism, imperialism, and the modern nation state. Capitalism is not a natural an...(展开全部)

埃伦·米克辛斯·伍德（Ellen Meikins Wood），1942年生于美国纽约市，1962年在加州大学伯克利分校获斯拉夫语言文学学士，1970年在加州大学洛杉矶分校获哲学博士，研究领域为政治学。其主要学术经历如下：1967—1996年执教于加拿大约克大学葛伦登学院，1996年入选加拿大皇家学会会员，1984—1993年担任英国著名左翼期刊《新左派评论》（New Left Review）编委会委员，1997—2000年担任独立社会主义杂志《每月评论》（Monthly Review）主编。伍德是当代著名政治理论家、马克思主义理论家，开创了“政治理论的社会史”这一政治思想史研究的新路径。她与著名历史学家罗伯特·布伦纳（Robert Brenner）共同被誉为“政治马克思主义”这一重要流派的开创者与奠基人。最新著作有：《西方政治思想的社会史：从古代到中...(展开全部)

Capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor is it simply an extension of age-old practices of trade and commerce. In this original and provocative book Ellen Meiksins Wood reminds us that capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor is it simply an extension of age-old practices of trade and commerce. Rather, it is ...(展开全部)