Weakening Philosophy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Weakening Philosophy write by Santiago Zabala. This book was released on 2006-12-12. Weakening Philosophy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Essays on Gianni Vattimo
Essays on Gianni Vattimo - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Essays on Gianni Vattimo write by Matthew Harris. This book was released on 2016-05-11. Essays on Gianni Vattimo available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What has postmodernism got to do with Christianity? To what extent can a nihilist derive an ethic from the history of a religion? Can a western approach to secularisation be applied to Islam? These questions are central to this collection of essays from 2011–2015 by Matthew Edward Harris. The essays are grouped around the interrelated themes of religion, ethics and the history of ideas and constitute a critically constructive approach to the subject matter. Harris defends Vattimo against some of his more strident critics, but nevertheless poses questions of his own. Along with a new introduction, outlining Vattimo’s life, thought and ideas, and a conclusion, which looks at how developments in Vattimo’s views on religion have wider implications for his ‘weak thought,’ the volume includes nine essays on Vattimo’s thought. Harris’ overall argument is that Vattimo is overly reliant upon history and that there is a contradiction within his style of ‘weak thought,’ which is against definitive pronouncements yet excludes outright anything that does not pertain to the history of linguistic messages.
Weak Thought
Weak Thought - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Weak Thought write by Gianni Vattimo. This book was released on 2012-09-01. Weak Thought available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Heralding the beginning of the philosophical dialogue on the concept for which Gianni Vattimo would become best known (and coining its name), this groundbreaking 1983 collection includes foundational essays by Vattimo and Pier Aldo Rovatti, along with original contributions by nine other Italian philosophers influenced by and working within the authors framework. Dissatisfied with the responses to nineteenth- and twentieth-century European philosophy offered by Marxism, deconstruction, and poststructuralism, Vattimo found in the nihilism of Friedrich Nietzsche an important context within which to take up the hermeneutics of Martin Heidegger and Hans-Georg Gadamer. The idea of weak thought sketched by Vattimo and Rovatti emphasizes a way of understanding the role of philosophy based on language, interpretation, and limits rather than on metaphysical and epistemological certaintieswithout falling into relativism. To the first English-language edition of this volume, translator Peter Carravetta adds an extensive critical introduction, providing an overview of weak thought and taking stock of its philosophical trajectory over more than a quarter century.
Between Nihilism and Politics
Between Nihilism and Politics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Between Nihilism and Politics write by Silvia Benso. This book was released on 2010-09-29. Between Nihilism and Politics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Essays describe Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo’s unique and radical hermeneutic philosophy.
Deconstructing Zionism
Deconstructing Zionism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Deconstructing Zionism write by Gianni Vattimo. This book was released on 2013-11-21. Deconstructing Zionism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume in the Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy series provides a political and philosophical critique of Zionism. While other nationalisms seem to have adapted to twenty-first century realities and shifting notions of state and nation, Zionism has largely remained tethered to a nineteenth century mentality, including the glorification of the state as the only means of expressing the spirit of the people. These essays, contributed by eminent international thinkers including Slavoj Zizek, Luce Irigaray, Judith Butler, Gianni Vattimo, Walter Mignolo, Marc Ellis, and others, deconstruct the political-metaphysical myths that are the framework for the existence of Israel.Collectively, they offer a multifaceted critique of the metaphysical, theological, and onto-political grounds of the Zionist project and the economic, geopolitical, and cultural outcomes of these foundations. A significant contribution to the debates surrounding the state of Israel today, this groundbreaking work will appeal to anyone interested in political theory, philosophy, Jewish thought, and the Middle East conflict.
