Book presentation · Le Voci dei Libri
Tuesday, 12 May 2026
Massimo Cacciari e Roberto Esposito.
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Il Mulino, 2026
- Date
- Tuesday, 12 May 2026
- Time
- 6.30 pm
- Venue
- MAST.Auditorium
- Series
- Le Voci dei Libri
- Publisher
- Il Mulino, 2026
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Contemporary politics thrives on the tension between the power of technology and the economy and the resistance of the great sovereign powers. In this clash, chaos becomes the very form of the world, a starting point for building new international balances.
But what kinds of order are possible today? Massimo Cacciari and Roberto Esposito engage in a philosophical dialogue on global disorder and prospects for the future.
Massimo Cacciari
With Metafisica concreta (2023) he concluded the exposition of his philosophical system, begun in 1990 with Dell’Inizio (both Adelphi). For Il Mulino he has published, among others, Generare Dio (2017) and La passione secondo Maria (2024).
Roberto Esposito
Professor Emeritus at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. His books include Vitam instituere (2023) and Il fascismo e noi (2025) for Einaudi, Categorie dell’impolitico (1999) and Istituzione (2021) for Il Mulino.
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