Roberto Esposito teaches contemporary philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa.

“In a moment of rampaging populism and political stress tests of democracy, Roberto Esposito’s Instituting Thought offers a way forward toward the renewal of politics by reimagining the political. That his reading begins and ends with Machiavelli is only one of the many surprises in store for the reader in Esposito’s attempt to move past political theology toward a more affirmative configuration of political ontology. Esposito leaves behind Heidegger and Deleuze in favor of Machiavelli and of Claude Lefort’s nuanced reading of institutions and, in the process, sets out a manifesto for institutions and subjectivation in the wake of biopolitcal devastation and political nihilism. This is his most important work since Bios.”Tim Campbell, Cornell University

• IntroductionI. Destituting PowerII. Constituting PowerIII. Instituting ThoughtNotesIndex

Roberto Esposito teaches contemporary philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa.

“In a moment of rampaging populism and political stress tests of democracy, Roberto Esposito’s Instituting Thought offers a way forward toward the renewal of politics by reimagining the political. That his reading begins and ends with Machiavelli is only one of the many surprises in store for the reader in Esposito’s attempt to move past political theology toward a more affirmative configuration of political ontology. Esposito leaves behind Heidegger and Deleuze in favor of Machiavelli and of Claude Lefort’s nuanced reading of institutions and, in the process, sets out a manifesto for institutions and subjectivation in the wake of biopolitcal devastation and political nihilism. This is his most important work since Bios.”Tim Campbell, Cornell University

• IntroductionI. Destituting PowerII. Constituting PowerIII. Instituting ThoughtNotesIndex

Roberto Esposito teaches contemporary philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa.

“In a moment of rampaging populism and political stress tests of democracy, Roberto Esposito’s Instituting Thought offers a way forward toward the renewal of politics by reimagining the political. That his reading begins and ends with Machiavelli is only one of the many surprises in store for the reader in Esposito’s attempt to move past political theology toward a more affirmative configuration of political ontology. Esposito leaves behind Heidegger and Deleuze in favor of Machiavelli and of Claude Lefort’s nuanced reading of institutions and, in the process, sets out a manifesto for institutions and subjectivation in the wake of biopolitcal devastation and political nihilism. This is his most important work since Bios.”Tim Campbell, Cornell University

• IntroductionI. Destituting PowerII. Constituting PowerIII. Instituting ThoughtNotesIndex