Now available in paperback, this book provides an elegant analysis of the philosophical background to the post-modernity debate. Vattimo focuses on the work of Nietzsche and Heidegger and shows how their bitter criticisms of modern European thought prepared the way for more recent proclamations of the end of the modern era. Vattimo pursues questions central to aesthetics and hermeneutic philosophy and sides with contemporary philosophers such as Gadamer and Rorty in rejecting the search for stable and transcendent ...
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Now available in paperback, this book provides an elegant analysis of the philosophical background to the post-modernity debate. Vattimo focuses on the work of Nietzsche and Heidegger and shows how their bitter criticisms of modern European thought prepared the way for more recent proclamations of the end of the modern era. Vattimo pursues questions central to aesthetics and hermeneutic philosophy and sides with contemporary philosophers such as Gadamer and Rorty in rejecting the search for stable and transcendent foundations for knowledge. Going beyond their work he introduces the notions of 'weak thought' and 'weak ontology' which, he argues, offer a way of 'going beyond' metaphysics by curing philosophy of the modernist disease and by resituating questions of truth and being within the realm of human experience.
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Very Good. Size: 8x5x0; 1991 Polity Press (Cambridge, England), 5 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches tall trade paperback, lviii, 190 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with very slight bumping to the lower tip. Otherwise, a very good copy-clean, bright and unmarked. ~HH~ [1.5P] In this work, Italian philosopher and politician Gianteresio Vattimo (b. 1936) makes a forceful and elegant intervention into current debates concerning the characteristics of modernity and post-modernity.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p. Nihilism and Hermeneutics in Post-Modern Culture. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
