A farewell to truth

A farewell to truth / Gianni Vattimo ; translated by William McCuaig ; foreword by Robert T. Valgenti.

With Western cultures becoming more pluralistic, the question of ""truth"" in politics has become a game of interpretations. Today, we face the demise of the very idea of truth as an objective description of facts, though many have yet to acknowledge that this is changing. Gianni...

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Main Author: Vattimo, Gianni, 1936-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Italian
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Truth.
truth.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Deconstruction.
Truth
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Addio alla verità.
Table of Contents:
  • FOREWORD -Robert T. Valgenti; INTRODUCTION; 1. BEYOND THE MYTH OF OBJECTIVE TRUTH; politics without truth; the political task of thought; from phenomenology to an ontology of actuality; the tarski principle; philosophy and politics; 2. THE FUTURE OF RELIGION; only a relativistic god can save us; nihilism, sexuality, postmodern christianity; for a nonreligious christianity; faith in europe; 3. THE END OF PHILOSOPHY; thoughts on ethics; philosophy and emancipation; dialectic, dialogue, and domination; conversion and catastrophe; why hegel now?; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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