{"product_id":"on-political-virtue-carlo-sini-9798855805178","title":"On Political Virtue: Plato's Republic and the Politics of Desire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslation of Carlo Sini's reading of Plato's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRepublic \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eas the foundation of Western anthropology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Political Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e is Carlo Sini's masterful reading of Plato's \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e as the foundation of both Western politics and anthropology. In his long career, Sini has built up a complex philosophical system that includes phenomenology, pragmatism, philosophical semiotics, a rereading of the Italian tradition from Bruno to Vico, a theory of writing quite independent from anyone else, and a philosophy of \"practices\" that makes science and the humanities talk together-not despite their differences but because of them. First published in 2004, \u003ci\u003eOn Political Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e is an inquiry into the desire for politics and what politics desires from us. By reading Plato's \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e as a theatrical piece, Sini shows how the philosophical foundation of politics is the result of a very careful mise-en-scène, a magisterial setup that Plato conjures up only to make it disappear, so that the reader is left with the supposedly \"pure\" power of philosophical speech deprived of context. In Sini's interpretation, Plato's aim is to create a \"pure\" political subject still dependent on the male gaze yet supposedly free from the chains of desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carlo Sini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798855805178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Carlo Sini","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48174856863999,"sku":"9798855805178","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12c782cf-1ad6-47f2-b046-84bc2d6589cc.jpg?v=1771330973","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-political-virtue-carlo-sini-9798855805178","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}