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The Responsibility of the Philosopher

Gianni Vattimo; Edited by Franca D'Agostini; Translated by William McCuaig

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Paper, 168 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-15243-3
$19.50 / £13.50

August, 2010
Cloth, 168 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-15242-6
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Introduction: The Strong Reasons for Weak Thought, by Franca D’Agostini

Weakness

French Nihilism and Italian Nihilism

Nihilism and Difference

Difference and Dialectic

Nihilism, Hermeneutics, and Postmodernity

Verwindung

Argumentation and Provenance

This Book

Postscript (2009)

1. Philosophy and Science

After Kant, After Hegel

The Flash of the Ereignis

The Story of a Comma

Science and “Being–not beings”

The Edification of Humanity

Cumulative Knowledges

2. Philosophy, History, Literature

Truth, Rhetoric, History

Are History and Ontology Compatible?

Mythization of the World

Fugues

Sciences of Nature and Sciences of the Spirit?

3. Logic in Philosophy

Logic and the Logics

Logic and the History of Being

Philosophy of Logic and Logic of Philosophy

Logic and Ontology

4. To Speak the Truth

Redemisti nos Domine Deus veritatis

The Endless Banquet

Do Vampires Exist?

5. The Vocation to Philosophy and the Responsibility of Philosophy

Writing for the Newspapers

Writing in the First Person

The Dive Into Politics

Politics Philosopher-style

Losing your Soul

Filling in the Blanks

The Construction of Universality is Political

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Related Subjects


About the Author

Gianni Vattimo is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Turin and a member of the European Parliament. His books with Columbia University Press include Hermeneutic Communism: From Heidegger to Marx; A Farewell to Truth; Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith: A Dialogue; Not Being God: A Collaborative Autobiography; Art's Claim to Truth; After the Death of God; Dialogue with Nietzsche; The Future of Religion (with Richard Rorty); Nihilism and Emancipation: Ethics, Politics, and the Law; and After Christianity.

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