Seminar in Italian Literature, Culture, and Criticism

Thinking Life: Italian Theory and Feminism. The notion of life is pivotal in Italian Theory, which one of its most prominent representatives, the philosopher Roberto Esposito, describes as a “living thought.”This course will provide an introduction to the fundamental texts of Italian biopolitical thought (Agamben, Negri, Esposito) and confront them with a feminist tradition (Cavarero, Braidotti, Putino, Federici) that contributes an alternative conception of life to the philosophical debate. (Taught in Italian)