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Between Nihilism and Politics: The Hermeneutics of Gianni Vattimo

Between Nihilism and Politics: The Hermeneutics of Gianni Vattimo

Benso, Silvia
Schroeder, Brian

Paperback

Series: Suny Contemporary Italian Philosophy

Philosophy

ISBN10: 1438432844
ISBN13: 9781438432847
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jul 2 2011
Pages: 274
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Essays describe Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo's unique and radical hermeneutic philosophy.

This is the first collection of essays in English that deals directly with the philosophy of Gianni Vattimo from a purely critical perspective, further establishing his rightful place in contemporary European philosophy. Vattimo, who first came to prominence as the translator of Gadamer's Truth and Method into Italian, is now considered to be more than a philosopher and prolific author. As a former member of the European Parliament (1999-2004), he is also a public intellectual. This book takes up his call to advance the crucial active and affirmative engagement with thinking and society. More than just interpretations of Vattimo's thinking, these essays are expressions of the new impetus given to hermeneutic philosophy by weak thought, the term he coined for how we think now in the wake of Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Gadamer. The development of Vattimo's thinking is reflected in the organization of the volume, divided into three main parts: Hermeneutics and Nihilism, Metaphysics and Religion, and Politics and Technology.

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