Gianni Vattimo is one of the world's most important philosophers,
yet he has received scant attention in the English-speaking world.
The essays in Weakening Philosophy, from leading figures such as
Umberto Eco and Charles Taylor, introduce his ideas to a wider
audience. Moving away from Jacques Derrida's deconstructionism and
Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics, and building on his experiences as a
politician, Vattimo asks if it is still possible to speak of moral
imperatives, individual rights, and political freedom.
Acknowledging the force of Nietzsche's "God is dead," Vattimo
argues for a philosophy of pensiero debole or "weak thinking" that
shows how moral values can exist without being guaranteed by an
external authority. His secularising interpretation stresses
anti-metaphysical elements and puts philosophy into a relationship
with postmodern culture. Bringing together twenty-one influential
philosophers, theologians, and literary critics, Weakening
Philosophy is an important assessment of Vattimo's influence and
the major tenets of his thought. Contributors include R]diger
Bubner (Heidelberg), Carmelo Dotolo (Pontifical Urbaniana), Paolo
Flores d'Arcais (Rome "La Sapienza"), Umberto Eco (Bologna),
Manfred Frank (Eberhard Karls, T]bingen), Jean Grondin (Montreal),
Nancy Frankenberry (Dartmouth College), Giacomo Marramao (Rome
"Tre"), Jack Miles (Getty Trust), Jean-Luc Nancy (Marc Bloch,
Strasbourg), Teresa Oqate (Universidad Nacional de Educacisn a
Distancia), Jeffrey Perl (Bar-Ilan University), James Risser
(Seattle), Richard Rorty (Stanford), Pier Aldo Rovatti (Trieste),
Fernando Savater (Complutense, Madrid), Reiner Sch]rmann
(Duquesne), Hugh J. Silverman (Stony Brook), Charles
Taylor(McGill), Gianni Vattimo (Turin), Wolfgang Welsch
(Friedrich-Schiller University Jena), and Santiago Zabala
(Pontifical Lateran, Rome).
General
Imprint: |
McGill-Queen's University Press
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Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
December 2006 |
First published: |
December 2006 |
Authors: |
Santiago Zabala
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
464 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7735-3143-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
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LSN: |
0-7735-3143-2 |
Barcode: |
9780773531437 |
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