{"product_id":"the-idea-of-world-paolo-virno-9780857429896","title":"The Idea of World: Public Intellect and Use of Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eA philosophical exploration of what capitalistic societies truly mean for the individual.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A short \u003ci\u003evade mecum \u003c\/i\u003efor unrepentant materialism, \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of World\u003c\/i\u003e collects three essays by Italian philosopher Paulo Virno that are intricately wrapped around one another. The first essay, \"Mundanity,\" tries to clarify what the term \"world,\" as referred to as the perceptual and historical context of our existence, means--both with and against Kant and Wittgenstein. How should we understand expressions such as \"worldly people,\" \"the course of the world,\" or \"getting by in this world\"? The second, \"Virtuosity and Revolution,\" is a minor political treatise. Virno puts forward a set of concepts capable of confronting the magnetic storm that has knocked out the compasses that every reflection on the public sphere has relied on since the seventeenth century. The third, \"The Use of Life\", is the shorthand delineation of a research program on the notion of use. What exactly are we doing when we use a hammer, a time span, or an ironic sentence? And, above all, what does the use of the self--of one's own life, which lies at the basis of all uses--amount to in human existence? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Presenting his ideas in three distinct vignettes, Virno examines how the philosophy of language, anthropology, and political theory are inextricably linked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paolo Virno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0857429892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857429896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Paolo Virno","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058775585023,"sku":"9780857429896","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_317a2b73-99fc-4759-bc4e-8ab43a7c9606.jpg?v=1685054451","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-idea-of-world-paolo-virno-9780857429896","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}