Weakening philosophy : essays in honour of Gianni Vattimo / edited by Santiago Zabala.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zabala, Santiago, Author.

Contributor:

Zabala, Santiago, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vattimo, Gianni, 1936-2023.

Vattimo, Gianni.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (464 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Moving away from Jacques Derrida's deconstructionism and Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics, and building on his experiences as a politician, Vattimo asks if it is still possible to speak of moral imperatives, individual rights, and political freedom. Acknowledging the force of Nietzsche's "God is dead," Vattimo argues for a philosophy of pensiero debole or "weak thinking" that shows how moral values can exist without being guaranteed by an external authority. His secularising interpretation stresses anti-metaphysical elements and puts philosophy into a relationship with postmodern culture.

Contents:

Introduction: Gianni Vattimo and weak philosophy / Santiago Zabal

Weak thought and the limits of interpretation / Umberto Eco

Modern moral rationalism / Charles Taylor

Which ontology after metaphysics? Conversations with Gianni Vattimo and Richard Rorty / Giacomo Marramao

The human : over and over again / Wolfgang Welsch

Can the globalized world be in-the-world? / Hugh J. Silverman

Deconstruction is not enough : on Gianni Vattimo's call for 'weak thinking' / Reiner Schurmann

Weak thought 2004 : a tribute to Gianni Vattimo / Pier Aldo Rovatti

Heideggerianism and leftist politics / Richard Rorty

The universality claim of hermeneutics / Manfred Frank

On the continuation of philosophy : hermeneutics as convalescence / James Risser

Vattimo's Latinization of hermeneutics : why did Gadamer resist postmodernism? / Jean Grondin

Looking back on Gadamer's hermeneutics / Rudiger Bubner

Pharmakons on onto-theology / Santiago Zabala

Gianni Vattimo, or, rather, hermeneutics as the primacy of politics / Paolo Flores D'Arcais

Weakening religious belief : Vattimo, Rorty, and the holism of the mental / Nancy K. Frankenberry

Christianity as religion and the irreligion of the future / Gernando Savater

Israel as foundling, Jesus as bachelor : abandonment, adoption, and the Fatherhood of God / Jack Miles

Postmodern disarmament / Jeffrey Perl

The hermeneutics of Christianity and philosophical responsibility / Carmelo Dotolo

The rights of God in hermeneutical postmodernity / Teresa Onate

ATheism and monotheism / Jean-Luc Nancy

Conclusion : Metaphysics and violence / Gianni Vattimo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86759-8

9786612867590

0-7735-7714-9

OCLC:

923233700