A legal horizon for the Italian Theory

Abstract

For a few years now, Italian Theory has become known as a proposal of a different modernity. Concepts such as bios, communitas, immunitas, sacertas, imperium are at the centre of contemporary philosophical debate due to authors such as Roberto Esposito, Giorgio Agamben and Toni Negri. Although it is a heterogeneous thought, there are three elements that they share: life, history and politics. However, there is a gap that this article aims to fill. It is about thinking Italian Theory from legal parameters. The works of Stefano Rodotà and Eligio Resta are proposed as examples of this current of thought that opens up a different path to the hermeneutics, the deconstruction or the analytical philosophy.