Italian Studies, Italian Theory and the politics of trans-lation

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ID4476290
AutoresC Minca (0000-0001-6619-6614, WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY, THE NETHERLANDS, autor de correspondencia)
Año2016
Volumen34
Número5
Páginas822-829
Fecha de publicación2016-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEnvironment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0263775816656526
OpenAlexW2473919117
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas17

Italian Theory has emerged as the result of the search for new conceptual frameworks in the face of a series of international political events concerning not only the proliferation of states of exception but also of new forms of politicization of life related to biomedical science and the biosecurization of spaces. In this essay, I consider how Italian Theory has come into existence in Western academia and beyond through its productive travels among area studies, the humanities, and the social sciences. In particular, I reflect on how US-based Italian Studies-joining forces with scholars in other fields on the two sides of the Atlantic-engage in practices of trans-lation that fundamentally contribute to the "packing" of contemporary Italian political philosophy as "Italian Theory". Such practices have significantly impacted on Human Geography and the social sciences in general, and influenced how highly theoretical work originated outside the Anglophone "academic core" is (re)produced, legitimated, and circulated internationally

Epistemology · Face (sociological concept · Hard core · Human geography · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Social theory · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Philosophy