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Between Nihilism and Politics The Hermeneutics of Gianni Vattimo

Benso Silvia Schroeder Brian
Innbundet / 2010 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781438432854
Publisert
2010-10-29
Utgiver
Vendor
State University of New York Press
Vekt
535 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
274

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Benso Silvia
Schroeder Brian

Om bidragsyterne

Silvia Benso is Professor of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She is the author of The Face of Things: A Different Side of Ethics; translator and coeditor (with Brian Schroeder) of Contemporary Italian Philosophy: Crossing the Borders of Ethics, Politics, and Religion; and cotranslator (with Brian Schroeder) of Carlo Sini's Ethics of Writing, all published by SUNY Press. Brian Schroeder is Professor of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the coeditor (with Lissa McCullough) of Thinking through the Death of God: A Critical Companion to Thomas J. J. Altizer, also published by SUNY Press.

Between Nihilism and Politics The Hermeneutics of Gianni Vattimo

Benso Silvia Schroeder Brian
Innbundet / 2010 / Engelsk
Benso Silvia Schroeder Brian
Innbundet / 2010 / Engelsk
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This is the first collection of essays in English that deals directly with the philosophy of Gianni Vattimo from a purely critical perspective, further establishing his rightful place in contemporary European philosophy. Vattimo, who first came to prominence as the translator of Gadamer's Truth and Method into Italian, is now considered to be more than a philosopher and prolific author. As a former member of the European Parliament (1999–2004), he is also a public intellectual. This book takes up his call to advance the crucial active and affirmative engagement with thinking and society. More than just interpretations of Vattimo's thinking, these essays are expressions of the new impetus given to hermeneutic philosophy by "weak thought," the term he coined for how we think now in the wake of Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Gadamer. The development of Vattimo's thinking is reflected in the organization of the volume, divided into three main parts: Hermeneutics and Nihilism, Metaphysics and Religion, and Politics and Technology.
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Essays describe Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo’s unique and radical hermeneutic philosophy.
List of Abbreviations Introduction Brian Schroeder Part One. Hermeneutics and Nihilism 1. The Experiment of Nihilism: Interpretation and Experience of Truth in Gianni Vattimo Gaetano Chiurazzi 2. Vattimo’s Theory of Truth Franca D’Agostini 3. Vattimo’s Hermeneutics as a Practice of Freedom David Webb 4. Weak Thought and the Recovery of Reason Robert T. Valgenti 5. Beyond Interpretation? On Some Perplexities Following upon Vattimo’s “Turn” from Hermeneutics Peter Carravetta Part Two. Metaphysics and Religion 6. Metaphysics, Violence, and Alterity in Gianni Vattimo Edison Higuera 7. Thinking the Origin, Awaiting Salvation Claudio Ciancio 8. Postmodern Salvation: Gianni Vattimo’s Philosophy of Religion Giovanna Borradori 9. Secularization as a Post-Metaphysical Religious Vocation: Gianni Vattimo’s Post-Secular Faith Eduardo Mendieta Part Three. Politics and Technology 10. Philosophy and Politics at the End of Metaphysics James Risser 11. Deciding to Bear Witness: Revolutionary Rupture and Liberal Continuity in Weak Thought Luca Bagetto 12. Emancipation and the Future of the Utopian: On Vattimo’s Philosophy of History Silvia Benso 13. “Postmodernity as the Ontological Sense of Technology” and Democratic Politics Erik M. Vogt 14. What’s Wrong with Biotechnology? Vattimo’s Interpretation of Science, Technology, and the Media Martin G. Weiss Contributors Index
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This is the first collection of essays in English that deals directly with the philosophy of Gianni Vattimo from a purely critical perspective, further establishing his rightful place in contemporary European philosophy. Vattimo, who first came to prominence as the translator of Gadamer's Truth and Method into Italian, is now considered to be more than a philosopher and prolific author. As a former member of the European Parliament (1999–2004), he is also a public intellectual. This book takes up his call to advance the crucial active and affirmative engagement with thinking and society. More than just interpretations of Vattimo's thinking, these essays are expressions of the new impetus given to hermeneutic philosophy by "weak thought," the term he coined for how we think now in the wake of Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Gadamer. The development of Vattimo's thinking is reflected in the organization of the volume, divided into three main parts: Hermeneutics and Nihilism, Metaphysics and Religion, and Politics and Technology.
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Essays describe Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo’s unique and radical hermeneutic philosophy.
List of Abbreviations Introduction Brian Schroeder Part One. Hermeneutics and Nihilism 1. The Experiment of Nihilism: Interpretation and Experience of Truth in Gianni Vattimo Gaetano Chiurazzi 2. Vattimo’s Theory of Truth Franca D’Agostini 3. Vattimo’s Hermeneutics as a Practice of Freedom David Webb 4. Weak Thought and the Recovery of Reason Robert T. Valgenti 5. Beyond Interpretation? On Some Perplexities Following upon Vattimo’s “Turn” from Hermeneutics Peter Carravetta Part Two. Metaphysics and Religion 6. Metaphysics, Violence, and Alterity in Gianni Vattimo Edison Higuera 7. Thinking the Origin, Awaiting Salvation Claudio Ciancio 8. Postmodern Salvation: Gianni Vattimo’s Philosophy of Religion Giovanna Borradori 9. Secularization as a Post-Metaphysical Religious Vocation: Gianni Vattimo’s Post-Secular Faith Eduardo Mendieta Part Three. Politics and Technology 10. Philosophy and Politics at the End of Metaphysics James Risser 11. Deciding to Bear Witness: Revolutionary Rupture and Liberal Continuity in Weak Thought Luca Bagetto 12. Emancipation and the Future of the Utopian: On Vattimo’s Philosophy of History Silvia Benso 13. “Postmodernity as the Ontological Sense of Technology” and Democratic Politics Erik M. Vogt 14. What’s Wrong with Biotechnology? Vattimo’s Interpretation of Science, Technology, and the Media Martin G. Weiss Contributors Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781438432854
Publisert
2010-10-29
Utgiver
Vendor
State University of New York Press
Vekt
535 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
274

Redaktør
Benso Silvia
Schroeder Brian

Om bidragsyterne

Silvia Benso is Professor of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She is the author of The Face of Things: A Different Side of Ethics; translator and coeditor (with Brian Schroeder) of Contemporary Italian Philosophy: Crossing the Borders of Ethics, Politics, and Religion; and cotranslator (with Brian Schroeder) of Carlo Sini's Ethics of Writing, all published by SUNY Press. Brian Schroeder is Professor of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the coeditor (with Lissa McCullough) of Thinking through the Death of God: A Critical Companion to Thomas J. J. Altizer, also published by SUNY Press.

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