The Twilight of Politics

Author:   Mario Tronti ,  Matteo Mandarini ,  Matteo Mandarini
Publisher:   Seagull Books London Ltd
ISBN:  

9781803093741


Pages:   252
Publication Date:   19 November 2024
Format:   Paperback
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"A classic work of political theory by a major twentieth-century figure of the Italian Left. Italian political thinker Mario Tronti is most famous for being the author of Workers and Capital, which became the central theoretical formulation of Italian operaismo or workerism, a current of political thought emerging in the 1960s that revolutionized the institutional and extra-parliamentary Left in Italy and beyond. In The Twilight of Politics, written originally in 1998, Tronti argues that modern politics, which reached its apogee in the twentieth century, has ended. Realism and Utopia, Tronti explains, were the foundational qualities of modern politics, which it always tried to clasp together. But behind this highwater mark of politics was a history over the longue durée, encompassing the wars of religion, Hobbes' Leviathan, revolution, great individuals, and popular movements, as well as innovations such as the nation-state and the party-form. Historically, the modern period is also a coming together of the categories of the political and the laws of political economy. At the heart of this book is Tronti's attempt to hold together a view of the course of political history with a critique of the ""dictatorship of the present"" to help us escape being ""chained to the bars of an eternal present . . . which deprives us both of the freedom to look back and to see ahead."""

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Author:   Mario Tronti ,  Matteo Mandarini ,  Matteo Mandarini
Publisher:   Seagull Books London Ltd
Imprint:   Seagull Books London Ltd
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781803093741


ISBN 10:   1803093749
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   19 November 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Translator’s Foreword Note on Translation A Brief Antiphon Theme with Variation Politics History Twentieth Century / Politics Against History The Great Twentieth Century The Small Twentieth Century Nostalgic Inhabitants of the Century ‘Paix impossible, guerre improbable’ Force Against Violence Workers and Politics Once Again, and in Conclusion, on the Autonomy of the Political Interlude The Party and its Destiny Five Movements Politik als Beruf: the End The Prince and Utopia Karl und Carl Politics and Prophecy Kommunisms oder Europa A Final Motif Theses on Benjamin Author’s Postface (2022): After the Twilight of Politics, the Night of History

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Mario Tronti is the author of Workers and Capital. An active member of the Italian Communist Party, he taught philosophy at the University of Siena, served as a member of the Italian Senate twice, and published several books and articles. He divides his time between Rome and Umbria. Matteo Mandarini is a senior lecturer in politics and organization at Queen Mary University of London. He is the translator of several books, including The Writer and the People and Hamletics.  

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