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Books in the The Italian List - (Seagull Titles - CHUP) series

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  • - The Myth and Mystery of Kore
    by Giorgio Agamben
    £17.99

    Kore, also called Persephone and referred to poetically by the Greeks as "the unspeakable girl," was the daughter of Demeter and Zeus who was abducted by Hades and made queen of the netherworld. This title presents three richly detailed treatments of the myth of Kore.

  • by Giorgio (Professor of Philosophy Agamben
    £14.99

    A translation of Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben's work, in which the author notes that academic research has lingered on the "pagan goddess," while the concept of "elemental spirit," ignored by scholars, is vital to the history of iconography.

  • by Franco Fortini
    £19.49

    An introduction to Franco Fortini, a Jewish communist and a major figure in postwar Italian intellectual life. It is against those who love to rush to the aid of the victors, against the widespread and racist contempt for Arabs, and against the celebration of modern civilization and technology that Israel embodies.

  • by Carlo Ginzburg
    £23.49

    Preface and third chapter translated from the Italian by Anne C. Tedeschi and John Tedeschi.

  • by Luigi Pintor
    £14.99

    From the idyll of his Sardinian childhood to the transformative experience of the anti-Fascist resistance, and from postwar militancy to the dismal regression of Italian culture, the author captures memories that are intensely personal and inseparable from political and intellectual experience.

  • by Giorgio Agamben
    £11.49 - 14.99

    Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben is the rare writer whose ideas and works have a broad appeal across many fields. In March 2009, Agamben was invited to speak in Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral in the presence of the bishop of Paris and a number of other high-ranking church officials. This title presents this speech.

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