Department of Philosophy2024-11-0920200031-825610.5840/philtoday2020513382-s2.0-85091756172http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/philtoday202051338https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/10616This article is a review of two recently translated books by Italian philosopher Elettra Stimilli: The Debt of the Living: Ascesis and capitalism (Albany: SUNY Press, 2017; translated by Arianna Bove) and Debt and Guilt: A Political Philosophy (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018; translated by Stefania Porcelli). The essay critically engages with (1) Stimilli's interpretation of the nexus between ascesis and capitalism; (2) her account of the ascetic dimensions of contemporary economies of debt; (3) her reflections on the subversive potential of ascesis in the context of contemporary regimes of neoliberal governance.PhilosophyJournal Article2329-8596544109100017Q36926