{"product_id":"the-twilight-of-politics-9781803093741","title":"The Twilight of Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eA classic work of political theory by a major twentieth-century figure of the Italian Left.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Italian political thinker Mario Tronti is most famous for being the author of \u003ci\u003eWorkers and Capital\u003c\/i\u003e, which became the central theoretical formulation of Italian \u003ci\u003eoperaismo \u003c\/i\u003eor workerism, a current of political thought emerging in the 1960s that revolutionized the institutional and extra-parliamentary Left in Italy and beyond. In \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight of Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, written originally in 1998, Tronti argues that modern politics, which reached its apogee in the twentieth century, has ended. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Realism and Utopia, Tronti explains, were the foundational qualities of modern politics, which it always tried to clasp together. But behind this highwater mark of politics was a history over the longue durée, encompassing the wars of religion, Hobbes' \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e, revolution, great individuals, and popular movements, as well as innovations such as the nation-state and the party-form. Historically, the modern period is also a coming together of the categories of the political and the laws of political economy. At the heart of this book is Tronti's attempt to hold together a view of the course of political history with a critique of the \"dictatorship of the present\" to help us escape being \"chained to the bars of an eternal present . . . which deprives us both of the freedom to look back and to see ahead.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Tronti\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eWorkers and Capital\u003c\/i\u003e. An active member of the Italian Communist Party, he taught philosophy at the University of Siena, served as a member of the Italian Senate twice, and published several books and articles. He divides his time between Rome and Umbria. \u003cb\u003eMatteo Mandarini\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior lecturer in politics and organization at Queen Mary University of London. He is the translator of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Writer and the People\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHamletics\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900494614802,"sku":"9781803093741","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2e3ddbae-b547-4ba9-afef-30c01dbdd0d7.jpg?v=1738384510","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-twilight-of-politics-9781803093741","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}