TY - T1 - Thomas Hobbes and Contemporary Italian Thinkers : Permanent War in Giorgio Agamben, Roberto Esposito and Antonio Negri SN - / UR - URN:ISBN:978-951-51-3460-8; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/319762 T3 - A1 - Helmisaari, Vappu A2 - PB - Helsingin yliopisto Y1 - 2020 LA - eng AB - The thesis examines how Thomas Hobbes’s (1588–1679) political thinking is present in three Italian philosophers’ work: Giorgio Agamben (born 1942), Roberto Esposito (born 1950) and Antonio Negri (born 1933). In this sense, it is a reception study of Hobbes’s work in contemporary Italy, more specifically among the Italian biopolitical school. The thesis is in the field of political theory. Quentin Skinner’s work on Hobbes is briefly presented to add a point of comparison to the Italians’ view on ... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - political theory N1 - PP - ER -