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Matteo Mandarini Translator, Author & Editor

Massimo Cacciari is one of Italy’s foremost philosophers and has been both a member of parliament for the Italian Communist Party as well as the mayor of Venice. Professor emeritus of aesthetics at the University of Venice, Cacciari is the author of numerous books, including, most recently, The Withholding Power: An Essay on Political Theology and Philosophy, Mysticism and the Political: Essays on Dante. Matteo Mandarini is a senior lecturer in politics and organization at the Queen Mary University of London. He is the translator of several books, including three other volumes published by Seagull Books.