Francesca Rigotti, a philosopher and essayist, has previously taught at the Universities of Göttingen and Zurich and was a visiting fellow at the University of Princeton. She has been teaching at the Università della Svizzera Italiana since 1996. Her research focuses on the deciphering of metaphorical and symbolic processes in philosophical thought, political reasoning and daily life. She collaborates with Swiss Italian Radio and writes for various publications in Italy and abroad. Her books include: La filosofia delle piccole cose (Interlinea, 2004); Il pensiero delle cose (Apogeo, 2007, Premio Capalbio); Gola. La passione dell’ingordigia (2008); and Il pensiero pendolare (2006) for the publisher il Mulino; Partorire con il corpo e con la mente (Bollati Boringhieri, 2010); with Duccio Demetrio, Senza figli. Una condizione umana (Raffaello Cortina, 2012); Onestà (Raffaello Cortina, 2014); with Anna Longo, Una donna per amico (Orthotes, 2016); and De senectute (Einaudi, 2018).