This book places two key notions up against each other to imagine a new way of conceptualizing historical time. How do the experience of deja vu and the idea 'End of History' relate to one another? Through thinkers like Bergson, Kojeve and Nietzsche, Virno explores these constructs of memory and the passage of time. In showing how the experience of time becomes historical, Virno considers two fundamental concepts from Western philosophy: Power and The Act, reinterpreting these with respect to time. Through these, he elegantly constructs a radical new theory of historical temporality.

This book places two key notions up against each other to imagine a new way of conceptualizing historical time.

About the Author
Paolo Virno teaches Philosophy at the University of Rome. His recent books include A Grammar of the Multitude and Multitude: Between Innovation and Negation.

Reviews
Paulo Virno is one of the most radical and lucid thinkers of the postoperaist political tradition * Meditations Journal *



Book Information
ISBN 9781781686126
Author Paolo Virno
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 248g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 14mm