Third Person: Politics of Life and Philosophy of the Impersonal
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"Third Person: Politics of Life and Philosophy of the Impersonal" is a philosophical work by Roberto Esposito that explores how concepts of impersonality and the "third person" can reshape contemporary political and biopolitical thought.
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Target entity: Third Person: Politics of Life and Philosophy of the Impersonal Context triple: [Roberto Esposito, notableWork, Third Person: Politics of Life and Philosophy of the Impersonal]
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The Concept of a Person and Other Essays
The Concept of a Person and Other Essays is a collection of philosophical writings by A. J. Ayer that explores issues in epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of mind and language.
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The Ethics of Individual Life
The Ethics of Individual Life is a section of Harald Høffding’s philosophical work The Principles of Ethics that examines moral duties, rights, and values as they pertain to the life and conduct of individual persons.
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An Inquiry into Modes of Existence
An Inquiry into Modes of Existence is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that proposes a pluralistic ontology to account for the diverse ways beings exist and gain legitimacy in modern societies.
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Convention: A Philosophical Study
Convention: A Philosophical Study is a landmark 1969 book by philosopher David Lewis that develops a formal account of social conventions using tools from game theory and modal logic.
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Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy
Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy is a 1985 book by Bernard Williams that critically examines the ambitions and methods of modern moral philosophy, arguing for a more historically and psychologically grounded understanding of ethical life.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Third Person: Politics of Life and Philosophy of the Impersonal Target entity description: "Third Person: Politics of Life and Philosophy of the Impersonal" is a philosophical work by Roberto Esposito that explores how concepts of impersonality and the "third person" can reshape contemporary political and biopolitical thought.
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A.
The Concept of a Person and Other Essays
The Concept of a Person and Other Essays is a collection of philosophical writings by A. J. Ayer that explores issues in epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of mind and language.
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B.
The Ethics of Individual Life
The Ethics of Individual Life is a section of Harald Høffding’s philosophical work The Principles of Ethics that examines moral duties, rights, and values as they pertain to the life and conduct of individual persons.
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C.
An Inquiry into Modes of Existence
An Inquiry into Modes of Existence is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that proposes a pluralistic ontology to account for the diverse ways beings exist and gain legitimacy in modern societies.
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D.
Convention: A Philosophical Study
Convention: A Philosophical Study is a landmark 1969 book by philosopher David Lewis that develops a formal account of social conventions using tools from game theory and modal logic.
-
E.
Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy
Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy is a 1985 book by Bernard Williams that critically examines the ambitions and methods of modern moral philosophy, arguing for a more historically and psychologically grounded understanding of ethical life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
contemporary political thought
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ethical implications of impersonality ⓘ modern notions of individuality ⓘ |
| author | Roberto Esposito ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
community
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immunity ⓘ impersonal life ⓘ impersonal subjectivity ⓘ personhood ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ |
| field |
biopolitical theory
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philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
reconceptualization of political subjectivity
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relation between life and politics ⓘ rethinking the category of the person ⓘ |
| genre | continental philosophy ⓘ |
| hasForm | monograph ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critique of liberal individualism
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emphasis on relational ontology ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
researchers in biopolitics
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scholars of political philosophy ⓘ students of contemporary continental philosophy ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
biopolitics
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impersonality ⓘ philosophy of life ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ third person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| philosophicalApproach |
biopolitical analysis
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deconstruction of the person ⓘ |
| philosophicalLevel | advanced ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
impersonal dimension of politics
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life beyond the individual person ⓘ limits of personal identity in political theory ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Italian Theory ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Bíos: Biopolitics and Philosophy
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Communitas ⓘ Immunitas ⓘ |
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