Weak Thought (Contemporary Italian Philosophy)
Language: English
Published by State University of New York Press, 2012
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- Title
- Weak Thought (Contemporary Italian Philosophy)
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1438444273
- ISBN 13
- 9781438444277
- Item weight
- 18 ounces
- Dimensions
- 6x1x9
Foundational collection on one of the most influential concepts to emerge from contemporary Italian philosophy.
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 certainties-without 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.
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About the Author
Gianni Vattimo is Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Turin and Member of the European Parliament. He is the author of several books on art, interpretation, and ethics, including The Adventures of Difference; The End of Modernity; and A Farewell to Truth. Pier Aldo Rovatti is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Trieste. He is the author of books on Levinas, Husserl, and Wittgenstein, as well as La filosofia puó curare? and Abitare la distanza. Peter Carravetta is Alfonse M. D'Amato Professor in Italian Studies at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. He is the author of Del Postmoderno and The Elusive Hermes.
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