A farewell to truth / Gianni Vattimo ; foreword by Robert T. Valgenti ; translated by William McCuaig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vattimo, Gianni, 1936-2023.

Standardized Title:

Addio alla verità. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truth.

Philosophers--Italy--Biography.

Philosophers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With Western cultures becoming more pluralistic, the question of ""truth"" in politics has become a game of interpretations. Today, we face the demise of the very idea of truth as an objective description of facts, though many have yet to acknowledge that this is changing.Gianni Vattimo explicitly engages with the important consequences for democracy of our changing conception of politics and truth, such as a growing reluctance to ground politics in science, economics, and technology. Yet in Vattimo's conception, a farewell to truth can benefit democracy, exposing the unspoke

Contents:

CONTENTS; FOREWORD -Robert T. Valgenti; INTRODUCTION; 1. BEYOND THE MYTH OF OBJECTIVE TRUTH; politics without truth; the political task of thought; from phenomenology to an ontology of actuality; the tarski principle; philosophy and politics; 2. THE FUTURE OF RELIGION; only a relativistic god can save us; nihilism, sexuality, postmodern christianity; for a nonreligious christianity; faith in europe; 3. THE END OF PHILOSOPHY; thoughts on ethics; philosophy and emancipation; dialectic, dialogue, and domination; conversion and catastrophe; why hegel now?; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613072818

9781283072816

1283072815

9780231527552

0231527551

OCLC:

826478625