Withholding Power

The first English translation of his work <i>The Withholding Power </i>offers a fascinating introduction to the thought of Italian philosopher Massimo Cacciari. Cacciari is a notoriously complex thinker but this title offers a starting point for entering into the very heart of his thinking. <i>The Witholding Power</i> provides a comprehensive and synthetic insight into his interpretation of Christian political theology and leftist Italian political theory more generally. <br/><br/>The theme of <i>katechon </i>- originally a biblical concept which has been developed into a political concept - has been absolutely central to the work of Italian philosophers such as Agamben and Eposito for nearly twenty years. In <i>The Withholding Power </i>Cacciari sets forth his startlingly original perspective on the influence the theological-political questions have traditionally exerted upon ideas of power sovereignty and the relationship between political and religious authority.<br/><br/>With an introduction by Howard Caygill contextualizing the work within the history of Italian thought this title will offer those coming to Cacciari for the first time a searing insight into his political theological and philosophical milieu.