New Issue: Universa. Recensioni di Filosofia (Vol. 8, No. 1)

We are glad to give notice of the release of the new issue of Universa. Recensioni di Filosofia.

Universa. Recensioni di filosofia is the online journal of the PhD course in Philosophy at the University of Padova.
Universa is meant as a space of scientific information and debate on editorial news in the field of philosophy, while serving as a formative activity for PhD students, which are at the same time authors, editors and referees of the journal. Universa is also intended as a service to the scientific community, aimed at the creation of a database of reviews of books of strong philosophical interest, through the widest and most diverse range of themes and topics and accessible online, publicly and free of any charge.

The journal collects reviews of recently published philosophical books, both Italian and foreign.

The new issue contains 17 reviews from the most various fields of research, including political philosophy and theoretical philosophy, classical German philosophy, history of science and history of philosophy (in particular, contemporary philosophy, Renaissance philosophy and medieval philosophy), moral philosophy and aesthetics.

The languages of the journal are Italian and English.

Universa. Recensioni di filosofia is published by Padova University Press.

Here is the summary of the issue, with links to individual contents:

Editoriale 8-1

Erika Peixoto, Giorgio Agamben, Stasis. La guerra civile come paradigma politico. Homo sacer II, 2
pages 7-11.

Sara Abram, Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī – Abū ʿAlī Miskawayh, Il libro dei cammelli errabondi e di quelli che li radunano
pages 12-15.

Luca Lendaro, Cinzia Arruzza, A Wolf in the City. Tyranny and the Tyrant in Plato’s Republic
pages 16-20.

Mattia Gozzi, Jean-Michel Chaumont, Survivre à tout prix? Essai sur l’honneur la résistance et le salut de nos âmes
pages 21-25.

Valentina Bortolami, Lorraine Daston, Against Nature
pages 26-29.

Filippo Sanguettoli, Daniel C. Dennett, Dai Batteri a Bach. Come Evolve la Mente
pages 30-35.

Jacopo Roveratto, Raphael Ebgi, Voluptas, La filosofia del piacere nel giovane Marsilio Ficino (1457-1469)
pages 36-40.

Maurizio Maria Malimpensa, Johann G. Fichte, Meditazioni personali sulla filosofia elementare
pages 41-44.