: Santiago Zabala
: Weakening Philosophy Essays in Honour of Gianni Vattimo
: MQUP
: 9780773577145
: 1
: CHF 164.40
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: Allgemeines, Lexika
: English
: 464
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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"e,God is dead,"e, Vattimo argues for a philosophy of pensiero debole or"e,weak thinking"e, 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.