Format:
vi, 260 pages
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24 cm
Edition:
Issued also in electronic format
ISBN:
9780228006725
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0228006724
Uniform Title:
Essays Selections
Content:
"Gianni Vattimo, one of Europe's foremost contemporary philosophers and most famously associated with the concept of weak thought, explores theoretical and practical issues flowing from his fundamental rejection of the traditional Western understanding of Being as an absolute, unchanging, and transcendent reality. The essays in this book move within the surroundings of Being without constructing a systematic, definitive analysis of the topic. In Being and Its Surroundings, Vattimo continues his career-long exploration of the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, in particular its repudiation of metaphysics with its presupposition of the existence of permanent, universal truth, and that of Friedrich Nietzsche, with its promotion of nihilism. One consequence of problematizing the idea of an attainable truth is the relativization of values and cultures. In the face of the death of God--or the absence of a transcendent guarantor of the validity of human judgments--we have the postmodern tendency to see all value systems and assertions of truth as purely subjective, and to suggest that "anything goes," which Nietzsche called passive nihilism. Vattimo advocates a more active response as he challenges all forms of authoritarianism in the world today. He brings his intellectual acumen to bear on such urgent issues as globalization, the clash of civilizations and terrorism, the crisis of democracy, and the relevance of orthodox religion. Rather that endorse dogmatism or indifference and detachment from social engagement in the name of relativism, Vattimo opts for the path of meaningful dialogue and a search for a mediated consensus based on reason, with all its limitations."--
Note:
Translation of: Essere e dintorni
,
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-247) and index
,
Issued also in electronic format.
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Translated from the Italian
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0228007844
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780228027852
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780228007845
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Vattimo, Gianni, 1936- Being and its surroundings Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021 ISBN 0228007844
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780228007845
Language:
English
Keywords:
Dasein
;
Ontologie
;
Relativismus
;
Wahrheit
Author information:
Federici, Corrado
Author information:
Vattimo, Gianni 1936-2023
Author information:
Zabala, Santiago 1975-
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