Gianni Vattimo ; Santiago Zabala

Having lost much of its political clout and theoretical power, communism no longer represents an appealing alternative to capitalism. In its original

aeo New in paperback, this is a major contribution to the highly topical post--modernity debates. aeo Gianni Vattimo is the leading Italian philosoph

This book by one of Europe's foremost contemporary philosophers is a concise and lucidly argued account of the meaning of hermeneutics for philosophy

Following Martin Heidegger's interpretation of the history of philosophy, this book outlines the ontological conditions of aesthetics, paying particul

With Western cultures becoming more pluralistic, the question of "truth" in politics has become a game of interpretations. Today, we face the demise o

Santiago Zabala declares that in an age where the greatest emergency is the absence of emergency, contemporary art's ability to create new realities i

Over the course of his career, Gianni Vattimo has assumed a number of public and private identities and has pursued multiple intellectual paths. He se

An original reading of Nietzsche and Heidegger that paved the way for Vattimo's conception of weak thought.

A hermeneutical exploration of freedom through existence, interpretation, and emergencies.

Philosophers, analytic as well as continental, tend to feel uneasy about Ernst Tugendhat, who, though he positions himself in the analytic field, pose

Santiago Zabala declares that in an age where the greatest emergency is the absence of emergency, contemporary art's ability to create new realities i

Over the course of his career, Gianni Vattimo has assumed a number of public and private identities and has pursued multiple intellectual paths. He se

This volume in the Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy series provides a political and philosophical critique of Zionism. While other nati

Gianni Vattimo, a leading philosopher of the continental school, has always resisted autobiography. But in this intimate memoir, the voice of Vattimo

First collected in Italy in 1985, Art's Claim to Truth is considered by many philosophers to be one of Gianni Vattimo's most important works. Newly re

In The Transparent Society Vattimo develops his own distinctive views on postmodernism and its philosophical and cultural relevance. Vattimo argues

Features essays on ethics, politics, and law. This book re-evaluates the meaning, values, and the idea of freedom in Western culture.