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A Farewell to Truth (Hardcover): Gianni Vattimo

A Farewell to Truth (Hardcover)

Gianni Vattimo; Translated by William McCuaig; Foreword by Robert T. Valgenti

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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 unspoken issues that underlie all objective claims. The end of absolute truth challenges the legitimacy of policies based on perceived objective necessities--protecting the free market, for example, even if it devastates certain groups or classes. Vattimo calls for a truth that is constructed with consensus and a respect for the liberty of all. By taking into account the cultural paradigms of others, a more "truthful" society--freer and more democratic--becomes possible.

In this book, Vattimo continues his reinterpretation of Christianity as a religion of charity and hope, freeing society from authoritarian, metaphysical dogmatism. He also extends Nietzsche's "death of God" to the death of an authoritarian God, ushering in a new, postreligious Christianity. He connects the thought of Martin Heidegger, Karl Marx, and Karl Popper with surprising results and accommodates modern science more than in his previous work, reconciling its validity with an insistence that knowledge is interpretive. Vattimo's philosophy justifies Western nihilism in its capacity to dispense with absolute truths. Ranging over politics, ethics, religion, and the history of philosophy, his reflections contribute deeply to a modern reconception of God, metaphysics, and the purpose of reality.

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Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 2011
First published: March 2011
Authors: Gianni Vattimo
Translators: William McCuaig
Foreword by: Robert T. Valgenti (Assistant Professor of Philosophy)
Dimensions: 178 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 978-0-231-15308-9
Languages: English
Subtitles: Italian
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
LSN: 0-231-15308-2
Barcode: 9780231153089

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