Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Essays describe Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo's unique and radical hermeneutic philosophy.

Philosophy, Modern. --- Vattimo, Gianni, --- Vattimo, Gianni

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

A-Z entries provide coverage of more than one hundred of Vattimo's most important concepts and themes, as well as entries for other thinkers he cites. Key criticisms of Vattimo's work are included by prominent authors in the field, from Eduardo Mendieta, Franca D'Agostini, Santiago Zabala, Silvia Mazzini, Carmelo Dotolo, Federico Vercellone to Robert Valgenti.

PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics. --- Vattimo, Gianni,

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This book aims to provide fresh perspectives on Vattimo and Zabala’s groundbreaking foundational text, Hermeneutic Communism, from 2011. The contributors to this collection of essays explore various facets of Vattimo and Zabala’s “anarchic hermeneutics” and “weak communism” in order to investigate the concepts resulting from them, such as “framed democracies,” “armed capitalism” and “conservative impositions.” Vattimo and Zabala’s text is one of the most innovative contributions to the current debate on Communism, in which authors such as Badiou, Negri, and Rancière have been the protagonists so far. The unique and original contribution of Vattimo and Zabala’s position consists in letting politics evolve from one of the anarchic origins of hermeneutics: the end of truth. This triggers the essential question of how far politics is possible without truth. One of the essential, methodologically innovative characteristics of this collection is its dialogical, hermeneutical form, which is achieved by inserting Vattimo and Zabala’s personal reactions to each essay in the book. By responding to each chapter in turn, Vattimo and Zabala establish a hermeneutic dialogue with the contributors. Thus hermeneutics will not only be a central topic, but also an epistemological, concrete application of Vattimo and Zabala’s theories. An indispensable critical tool for students, researchers, professors, activists and general readers interested in the philosophical and political debate on Communism, which encompasses a wide variety of disciplines such as philosophy, political science, sociology, postcolonial studies, critical theory and Latin American studies. Offering an innovative first analysis of the new concepts of Hermeneutic Communism, this book represents a vital contribution to the understanding of the intriguing interrelation between philosophical hermeneutics and political communism.

Hermeneutics. --- Communism --- Philosophy. --- Vattimo, Gianni, --- Zabala, Santiago, --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Interpretation, Methodology of --- Criticism --- Vattimo, Gianni --- Political science --- Political theory. --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Political Philosophy. --- Political Theory. --- Regional and Cultural Studies. --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Political philosophy --- Political philosophy. --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Political science.