The paper critically examines The Nihilism of Political Form by Carmelo
Meazza, a book that builds on issues raised in the political writings of
Jean-Luc Nancy. Far more than a mere interpretation of Nancy’s “impossible
community,” Meazza brings the French philosopher’s ideas to their ultimate theoretical consequences, questioning and exploring the limits of modern political
tradition, which have today led to a stasis or sclerosis of thought and praxis. The
book attempts to re-found certain political categories by freeing them from the
tradition of (bad) metaphysics, beginning with the concepts of form and matter,
which would otherwise introduce a foundational oscillation that structurally
perpetuates nihilism. Meazza suggests a vision of communism devoid of the notion
of possibility, embracing a form of political praxis that detaches itself from
projectivity and a logic of insurgency freed from mere relational opposition. This
vision aims to foster a true immanence, untethered from the cyclical violence
and negation tied to conventional metaphysical forms.