Geometries of Experience

The first volume of essays in English on one of the most renowned contemporary Italian Philosophers.

Remo Bodei (1938–2019) was one of Italy’s most influential philosophers of the past half-century. His intellectual influence was wide-reaching as he guided the search for rational explanations of seemingly irrational phenomena and the philosophical underpinnings of poetry. Diverse both in their disciplinary approach and theoretical style, yet following a logical and coherent progression, the essays within Geometries of Experience begin with an exploration of Bodei’s methodology followed by an analysis of his interest in the crisis of subjectivity in modern culture; his engagement with Spinoza, especially in his work Geometria delle passioni; his treatment of the body, framed as a “materialistic spirituality”; and his engagement with the relationship between philosophy and poetry. Overall, the book provides a rich and nuanced view of Bodei’s intellectual legacy, demonstrating his distinctive approach to philosophy and literature.

Author Biography

Massimo Ciavolella is Franklin D. Murphy Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is coeditor, with Valeria Finucci and Megan Tomlinson, of Physiognomy at the Crossroad of Magic, Science and the Arts. Efraín Kristal is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at UCLA. He is the author of Invisible Work: Borges and Translation. Heather Renee Sottong is Assistant Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies at FLAME University. She is the author of Transnational Dante: Inventing Argentine Cultural Identity.