Francesco Marchesi is Professor of History of Political Philosophy in the Department of Civilization and Forms of Knowledge at the University of Pisa. His main research areas are Renaissance and contemporary political thought. His books are: Ritorno ai princìpi (Carocci, 2022), Geometria del conflitto (Quodlibet, 2020), Cartografia politica (Olshki, 2018), Riscontro. Pratica politica e congiuntura storica in Niccolò Machiavelli (Quodlibet, 2017). Dave Mesing is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University

• Introduction: Geometry of Conflict Part 1: Symmetrical Conflict – The Military Model Chapter 1. Foucault’s Genealogy Chapter 2. Schmitt: Conflict as Enmity Chapter 3. Arendt: Competition and Distinction Part 2: Asymmetrical Conflict – The Psychic ModelChapter 4. Lacanian Suture Chapter 5. Althusser’s Overdetermination Chapter 6. Laclau and Mouffe: Antagonism and Equivalence Part 3: Machiavellian OntologyChapter 7. Three ‘Ontologically-Oriented’ Concepts: Inimicizie, Ordini, Riscontro Chapter 8. Neither Monistic, nor Dualistic or Pluralistic: A Mixed Ontology Chapter 9. Machiavellian Ontology and Us: Philosophical Lineages of the Twenty-First Century

At the crossroads between classical philosophy and the contemporary condition, Francesco Marchesi designs a new ontology in the name of Machiavelli. Critically covering the most recent philosophical-political debate, it proposes a highly innovative theoretical turn, capable of articulating order and conflict, institution and movement, power and life. His book constitutes an important philosophical and political contribution.