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Between nihilism and politics : the hermeneutics of Gianni Vattimo / edited by Silvia Benso and Brian Schroeder.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SUNY series in contemporary Italian philosophy.
- SUNY series in contemporary Italian philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vattimo, Gianni, 1936-2023.
- Vattimo, Gianni.
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Essays describe Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo's unique and radical hermeneutic philosophy.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Between Nihilism and Politics
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part One. Hermeneutics and Nihilism
- 1. The Experiment of Nihilism: Interpretation and Experience of Truth in Gianni Vattimo
- 2. Vattimo's Theory of Truth
- 3. Vattimo's Hermeneutics as a Practice of Freedom
- 4. Weak Thought and the Recovery of Reason
- 5. Beyond Interpretation? On Some Perplexities Following Upon Vattimo's "Turn" from Hermeneutics
- Part Two. Metaphysics and Religion
- 6. Metaphysics, Violence, and Alterity in Gianni Vattimo
- 7. Thinking the Origin,Awaiting Salvation
- 8. Postmodern Salvation: Gianni Vattimo's Philosophy of Religion
- 9. Secularization as a Post-Metaphysical Religious Vocation: Gianni Vattimo's Post-Secular Faith
- Part Three. Politics and Technology
- 10. Philosophy and Politics at the End of Metaphysics
- 11. Deciding to Bear Witness: Revolutionary Rupture and Liberal Continuity in Weak Thought
- 12. Emancipation and the Future of the Utopian: On Vattimo's Philosophy of History
- 13. "Postmodernity as the Ontological Sense of Technology"and Democratic Politics
- 14. What's Wrong with Biotechnology?Vattimo's Interpretation of Science,Technology, and the Media
- Contributors
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Z.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438432861
- 1438432860
- 9781441678638
- 1441678638
- OCLC:
- 671648409
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