Tautótēs on the Western meaning of identity Emanuele Severino ; edited and translated by Antimo Lucarelli

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Severino, Emanuele, author.

Contributor:

Lucarelli, Antimo, translator, editor.

Series:

The works of Emanuele Severino

Standardized Title:

Tautótēs. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Nihilism (Philosophy).

identity.

nihilism.

Ontology.

Becoming (Philosophy).

Relation (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London Bloomsbury Academic 2026

Summary:

"The first English translation of Emanuele Severino’s radical critique of the notion of identity. Starting from his central intuition that Western culture is essentially nihilism, Emanuele Severino reflects anew on the problem of identity, abandoning the ambiguous (and ultimately contradictory) fashion in which being and becoming are grasped in the Western tradition. In this foundational work in Severino’s philosophy, the philosopher questions the dominant understanding of identity in Western culture, tracing it back to Aristotle’s definition of identity as ‘tautótes’. In his endeavour, Severino discusses – with his particular depth – the most renowned philosophical passages from Hegel, Aristotle, Plato and Kant, presenting a radical critique of identity. This book constitutes part of Severino’s monumental theoretical apparatus, comprising a critique of Western metaphysics that sets him alongside Heidegger in contemporary theory. This translation of Tautótes will appeal to those interested in the central problems of Ancient and contemporary philosophy, ontology and metaphysics"-- Bloomsbury Collections

Contents:

Circulus et veritas : an introduction to Emanuele Severino’s criticism of the western understanding of identity / Antimo Lucarelli

Becoming, being-other

Being-other, being-nothing

Dialectic and the contradiction of becoming-other

The self-production of identity

“Result” and “substratum”

The dialectic of finite things

“Remains in otherness what it is”

“Everything that is altered is lasting”

The nonidentity of identity

Isolation and relatio identitatis

Relatio identitatis and nonisolation

Reminder of the nonalienated meaning of identity and overview

Subject, predicate, becoming

Becoming and the eternity of relation

A is B

Being together with an other

Interpretation, identity, eternity

Identity of identities

Distinguishing itself from the other

The hidden identity

Becoming-other and beginning-to-appear

The appearing of the appearing and identity

The appearing of the appearing and the logic of classes

Further considerations on the two figures of the élenchos

Ratione partis subjecti

The identity of the élenchos

“The élenchos is an identity” is an identity

Necessity and identity

Notes:

"First published in 1995 as Tautótēs by Adelphi"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from home page (Bloomsbury Collections, viewed August 18, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Severino, Emanuele Tautótes

ISBN:

9781350468238

1350468231

9781350468221

1350468223

9781350468245

135046824X

OCLC:

1595741715

Access Restriction:

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