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Il desiderio. Non siamo figli delle stelle

Presenting the thought of Heidegger Sartre, Kojève, Lévinas and Lancan, Silvano Petrosino finds in the desire that special way of life of the human that distinguish him from the others living beings, that peculiarity studied by ancient greeks. This peculiarity refers to a unbridgeable lack, different from the absence of need, that can be filled and satisfyed.


Silvano Petrosino is internationally known for his studies about Lévinas and Derrida. Is professor of Theories of Communication and Religious Anthropology and Media at the Università Cattolica.

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