The Origin of the PoliticalIn this book Roberto Esposito explores the conceptual trajectories of two of the twentieth centurys most vital thinkers of the political: Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil. Taking Homers Iliadthat great prism through which every gesture has the possibility of becoming public, precisely by being observed by others as the common origin and point of departure for our understanding of Western philosophical and political traditions, Esposito examines the