Beyond the subject : Nietzsche, Heidegger, and hermeneutics / Gianni Vattimo : translated, edited, and with an introduction by Peter Carravetta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vattimo, Gianni, 1936-2023, author.

Contributor:

Carravetta, Peter, translator.

Series:

SUNY series in contemporary Italian philosophy.

SUNY series in contemporary Italian philosophy

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 pages).

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English and Italian.

Summary:

In Beyond the Subject Gianni Vattimo offers a reading of Nietzsche and Heidegger that shows how the premises to overcome the metaphysical Subject were already embedded in their thought. Vattimo makes a case for a Nietzsche who is not concerned with the structure and glorification of the Overman, but rather with its opposite, by showing how it is the single individual who must see and accept his/her potential and then excel and develop an inner strength and ethic. He reads Heidegger as concerned with the inevitable distortion present in every interpretation, which, when confronted and accepted, humbles us to deal with a less overarching telos or Grund, and makes us more attuned to contingency and interpersonal communication—what Vattimo calls a "weakened" notion of being. These original readings of Nietzsche and Heidegger pave the way for Vattimo's concept of weak thought and open up to a future social ethic that is less agonistic and more community oriented. This edition includes two supplementary essays from 1986 and 1988 that expand on the same themes, providing a deeper look at an important decade in the development of Vattimo's thought.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438473833

1438473834