French and Italian Stoicisms

‘Lampe and Sholtz have put together a uniquely informative collection showing the extensive and sometimes surprising influence of Stoic ideas on recent French and Italian thinkers including such luminaries as Sartre, Deleuze, Badiou, Kristeva, Foucault and Agamben, as well as thinkers who should be better known in the English-speaking world (and perhaps now will be) like Barbara Cassin and Pierre Hadot.’ * Alistair Welchman, Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA *
'French and Italian Stoicisms presents a valuable overview of the often subtle and surprisingly diverse ways in which ancient Stoic philosophy has influenced modern thinkers such as Sartre, Deleuze, Kristeva, Foucault, Agamben, and Hadot. The contributors to this book are themselves revitalizing Stoicism by drawing our attention to unfamiliar perspectives on a tradition, which deserves to be explored and evaluated by us now more than ever before.' * Donald Robertson, author of Stoicism and the Art of Happiness and How to Think Like a Roman Emperor. *
This volume breaks new ground in its close examination of French and Italian twentieth-century responses to Stoicism, especially on the topics of language and freedom. A series of thoughtful and perceptive essays open up a complex intellectual terrain that will be of interest both to students of modern Continental philosophy and Stoicism. * Christopher Gill, Emeritus Professor of Ancient Thought, University of Exeter, UK *