Description: In The Techne of Giving, Timothy Campbell elaborates a notion of generosity as way of responding to contemporary biopower. Reading films from Visconti, Rossellini, and Antonioni, he both updates their political lexicon while adopting them as models able to push back against neoliberal forms of gift-giving.
Brief description: Timothy C. Campbell is Professor of Italian at Cornell University. His most recent book is The Techne of Giving: Cinema and the Generous Form of Life (Fordham, 2017).
Review Quotes: "A very original, extremely well-researched piece of work that combines theoretical sophistication with depth of literary, cultural, and cinematic knowledge."-----Rosi Braidotti, Utrecht University