The productivity of the notion of singularity is argued to be based on the fact that it allows us to highlight the element of individual realisation, simultaneously stressing its distance from the modern conception of individuality. The 'correlate' of singularity is the reciprocity, moving and unstable, between the 'individual' and the 'collective', which occurs in class struggles.

In Marx and the Commons, Luca Basso provides a detailed reconstruction of the late Marx's connection of the collective dimension of communism and the element of individual realisation. Through an original analysis of a vast range of Marx's writings - from Capital to his political texts and scientific notes - the author brings out an articulated historical-theoretical landscape in which the notion of 'individual' is intertwined with the ideas of 'class', 'society' and 'community'.

Das Naturrecht ist sowohl für die theoretische Grundlegung der Jurisprudenz im Allgemeinen als auch für den politischen und verfassungsrechtlichen Bereich von großer Relevanz – in seiner Begründung und Anwendung gibt es jedoch erhebliche Unterschiede zwischen den verschiedenen Denkern. Im Fokus dieses Bandes stehen die politische Philosophie und die politischen Ideen Leibniz'', weisen sie doch einige besondere Kennzeichen innerhalb des modernen politischen Denkens auf. Metaphysik, Recht und Politik können bei Leibniz nicht voneinander losgelöst betrachtet werden, sein Denken lässt sich nicht auf eine empirische Ebene reduzieren. In vielen Ausführungen geht er über das politische Gebiet im engeren Sinne hinaus und schafft eine strukturelle, aber nicht unmittelbare Verbindung zwischen Metaphysik und Politik. Dennoch sind Politik und Recht bei ihm nicht sic et simpliciter von Metaphysik und Theologie ableitbar.Die Autorinnen und Autoren dieses Bandes erörtern Leibniz'' Naturrechts-Konzept im Zusammenhang mit Denkern unterschiedlicher Epochen und Kontexte, darunter Aristoteles, Augustinus, Thomas von Aquin, Machiavelli, Besold, Grotius, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Pufendorf und Barbeyrac.

Marx and Singularity by Luca Basso attempts to understand the development of Marx’s thought, from the early writings to the Grundrisse, as a search for individual realisation. Drawing upon the concept of singularity in contemporary French theory, and problematising its relation to Marx’s vocabulary, this book challenges organicist interpretations of Marx’s early work. The productivity of the notion of singularity is argued to be based on the fact that it allows us to highlight the element of individual realisation, stressing at the same time its distance from the modern conception of individuality. The “correlate” of singularity is the reciprocity, moving and unstable, between the “individual” and the “collective”, which occurs in class struggles.Updated and revised edition of Socialità e isolamento: la singolarità in Marx published by Carocci in 2008.

Gilles Deleuze's assertion that 'Sartre knew how to invent the New' suggests a vital aspect of the French philosopher, one that departs from the image that has often been presented of him. Sartre’s post-1956 critique of the Stalinist USSR, together with the increasing prominence of anti-colonial struggles and a series of experiences that would find their condensation in 1968, pushed him to a continuous rearticulation of his political ideas, on the basis of an intense confrontation with Marx. In Basso’s lucid study, here newly translated into English, the expression 'singular universal' seeks to capture the revolutionary potential of individual and collective subjects, illuminating the close but also unstable relationship between history and politics.

The productivity of the notion of singularity is argued to be based on the fact that it allows us to highlight the element of individual realisation, simultaneously stressing its distance from the modern conception of individuality. The 'correlate' of singularity is the reciprocity, moving and unstable, between the 'individual' and the 'collective', which occurs in class struggles.

In Marx and the Commons, Luca Basso provides a detailed reconstruction of the late Marx's connection of the collective dimension of communism and the element of individual realisation. Through an original analysis of a vast range of Marx's writings - from Capital to his political texts and scientific notes - the author brings out an articulated historical-theoretical landscape in which the notion of 'individual' is intertwined with the ideas of 'class', 'society' and 'community'.

Das Naturrecht ist sowohl für die theoretische Grundlegung der Jurisprudenz im Allgemeinen als auch für den politischen und verfassungsrechtlichen Bereich von großer Relevanz – in seiner Begründung und Anwendung gibt es jedoch erhebliche Unterschiede zwischen den verschiedenen Denkern. Im Fokus dieses Bandes stehen die politische Philosophie und die politischen Ideen Leibniz'', weisen sie doch einige besondere Kennzeichen innerhalb des modernen politischen Denkens auf. Metaphysik, Recht und Politik können bei Leibniz nicht voneinander losgelöst betrachtet werden, sein Denken lässt sich nicht auf eine empirische Ebene reduzieren. In vielen Ausführungen geht er über das politische Gebiet im engeren Sinne hinaus und schafft eine strukturelle, aber nicht unmittelbare Verbindung zwischen Metaphysik und Politik. Dennoch sind Politik und Recht bei ihm nicht sic et simpliciter von Metaphysik und Theologie ableitbar.Die Autorinnen und Autoren dieses Bandes erörtern Leibniz'' Naturrechts-Konzept im Zusammenhang mit Denkern unterschiedlicher Epochen und Kontexte, darunter Aristoteles, Augustinus, Thomas von Aquin, Machiavelli, Besold, Grotius, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Pufendorf und Barbeyrac.

Marx and Singularity by Luca Basso attempts to understand the development of Marx’s thought, from the early writings to the Grundrisse, as a search for individual realisation. Drawing upon the concept of singularity in contemporary French theory, and problematising its relation to Marx’s vocabulary, this book challenges organicist interpretations of Marx’s early work. The productivity of the notion of singularity is argued to be based on the fact that it allows us to highlight the element of individual realisation, stressing at the same time its distance from the modern conception of individuality. The “correlate” of singularity is the reciprocity, moving and unstable, between the “individual” and the “collective”, which occurs in class struggles.Updated and revised edition of Socialità e isolamento: la singolarità in Marx published by Carocci in 2008.

Gilles Deleuze's assertion that 'Sartre knew how to invent the New' suggests a vital aspect of the French philosopher, one that departs from the image that has often been presented of him. Sartre’s post-1956 critique of the Stalinist USSR, together with the increasing prominence of anti-colonial struggles and a series of experiences that would find their condensation in 1968, pushed him to a continuous rearticulation of his political ideas, on the basis of an intense confrontation with Marx. In Basso’s lucid study, here newly translated into English, the expression 'singular universal' seeks to capture the revolutionary potential of individual and collective subjects, illuminating the close but also unstable relationship between history and politics.